Motorcyclist who died in Champaign County crash identified as Troy man

A Troy man was identified Thursday as the motorcyclist killed in a crash Tuesday morning in Champaign County.

The crash victim is Aaron Matthew Bosse, 23, according to the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies and medics were called around 7 a.m. Tuesday to a crash involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle in the 10000 block of state Route 55.

A 2012 Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling east on state Route 55 when a 2019 Honda motorcycle traveling west went left of center and struck the pickup truck head-on, according to a release.

The vehicles came to rest on state Route 55 west of Wallace Road.

Bosse was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured, according to the sheriff’s office.

Fire and EMS crews from Johnson Saint Paris and Christiansburg fire departments also responded to the crash, which remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office and Champaign County Coroner’s Office.

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