A 25-year-old Cheyenne motorcyclist is dead after rear-ending a truck in southeast Cheyenne early Friday morning, police say.

It happened at about 12:15 a.m. near the intersection of North College Drive and Campstool Road.

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"Preliminary details show the crash occurred while a Dodge truck and the motorcycle were traveling south on College Drive," Public Information Officer Alex Farkas said in a news release.

"The motorcycle reportedly rear-ended the truck and lost control," she added.

Farkas says the motorcyclist sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

"The Laramie County Coroner’s Office will identify the victim and notify the next of kin," she said.

Farkas says the department’s Major Crash Unit responded to take over the investigation and is working to determine what factors may have caused the collision.

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