A motorcyclist is dead after a crash that closed traffic at a major Springfield intersection.
Springfield Police say the crash happened around 3 pm Thursday at the intersection of Glenstone and Chestnut Expressway.
Investigators say a pickup truck struck a motorcycle, ridden by 18-year-old Deverin King of Springfield.
Emergency personnel tried to save King, but he died at the scene.
Traffic was closed on Glenstone between Chestnut Expressway and St. Louis Street while the crash was investigated.
