Police identify motorcyclist killed in east Austin crash

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department released new details regarding a fatal crash involving a motorcyclist in east Austin.

APD said officers responded to a single motorcycle crash at approximately 6 a.m. Feb. 16 in the 10300 block of Giles Lane

Police said the motorcyclist, later identified as 34-year-old Tyler J. Jelke, died at the scene.

APD said the incident was being investigated as Austin's ninth fatal crash of 2024.