St. John, IN – A Crown Point man died early Saturday following a motorcycle accident in St. John, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
Authorities said the crash occurred near Blaine Street and 96th Avenue in St. John. Emergency crews responded shortly after midnight, where the victim, identified as 55-year-old Raymond M. Colburn, was transported to Franciscan Hospital in Crown Point. He was pronounced dead at 12:14 a.m. by an emergency room physician.
According to the coroner’s office, Colburn suffered multiple blunt force injuries in the crash, which has been ruled a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. The Lake County Coroner and Medicolegal Death Investigation team were dispatched to the hospital just after 1 a.m.
A forensic autopsy is scheduled to take place Monday, Sept. 1, at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point. The St. John Police Department, along with St. John EMS and Fire Department, assisted in the response.
No further details on the cause of the crash have been released, and the incident remains under investigation.
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