(ALLEN COUNTY) - Authorities have identified a 20-year-old Fort Wayne man who died in a motorcycle crash Monday night on Interstate 69.
The Allen County Coroner's Office said Payton Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries. His death was ruled an accident.
The crash occurred near mile marker 297 by the General Motors Fort Wayne Assembly Plant.
Investigators said Thomas' motorcycle veered into the median and struck a cable median barrier.
The crash temporarily shut down traffic in the area.
Thomas is the 18th person to die in a traffic-related incident in Allen County this year.
The crash remains under investigation by the Allen County Sheriff's Department, Indiana State Police, the Allen County Prosecutor's Office and the Allen County Coroner's Office.