Police have released the identity of a Little Rock man who died in a crash Monday afternoon.
Little Rock police said Tuesday that Korell Flowers, 31, of 4202 E. 35th St., died shortly after being thrown from his Suzuki motorcycle about 1:20 p.m. Monday.
According to witnesses, Flowers was speeding east in the 5900 block of Sloane Drive when he hit a turning tractor-trailer head on.
Flowers, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The truck driver, James Osborne of Beebe, said he was making a left turn from the westbound lanes but didn't see the motorcyclist until he was already halfway through his turn.
Osborne was not injured in the crash.
Metro on 07/02/2014