UPDATE: Victim in fatal motorcycle crash identified

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette Co. Coroner has identified a man killed in a motorcycle crash Tuesday night.

The coroner says the victim is 35-year-old Shayn Elexendere.  According to the coroner he died of multiple internal blunt force injuries sustained in the wreck.

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1:22 a.m.

Lexington Police say speed may have been a factor in a deadly motorcycle crash Tuesday night. Investigators say the motorcyclist was traveling on South Upper and Scott streets around 9:30 p.m. when he hit a cement wall.

Police say he was rushed to the hospital where he died from his injuries.

The victim’s name wasn’t immediately released.

The accident is being investigated by the Lexington Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU).