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Police identify man killed in Peoria motorcycle crash

Motorcycle crash
Posted at 3:54 PM, Feb 22, 2023
and last updated 2023-02-23 16:03:13-05

TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa police shut down both lanes of traffic along Peoria on Wednesday afternoon after a deadly crash.

Tulsa police say Muscogee Lighthorse officers tried to stop a motorcycle rider on Riverside who then sped down Peoria before hitting an SUV exiting a parking lot near 58th Street. The rider died in the crash, and the driver of the SUV went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police identified the man who died as 41-year-old Brian Dexter Pruitt.

Anyone who might have video of any part of the incident is asked to call Tulsa police at 918-596-9222.

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