Motorcyclist identified in fatal overnight crash on MLK Parkway

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington Police has released the identify of the man they say died after running a red light on his motorcycle and t-boning a car on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway early Wednesday morning.

WPD says Brian Blackburn, 27, was killed in the crash.

Police responded to the intersection of N. College Road and MLK Parkway just before 2 a.m. in reference to a crash.

Blackburn was speeding on MLK when he ran a red light and t-boned a Volkswagen Golf in the intersection, WPD says.

EMS and WPD personnel treated Blackburn for severe injuries when they arrived, but he died at the scene.

The driver and passenger of the VW suffered minor injuries.

The intersection was closed down for several hours to allow the WPD Traffic Unit to conduct an investigation. It reopened around 5 a.m.