An Ottawa man was killed in a motorcycle incident early Friday morning. 21-year-old Luke Rea, was traveling south on U.S. highway 169, south of Garnett, on his 2007 Suzuki motorcycle, at a high rate of speed. Rea was being pursued by Anderson county sheriff’s officers when he attempted to pass a 2017 Freightliner tractor trailer driven by William Metcalf of Dallas Texas. Upon passing, Rea’s motorcycle tire went off the right shoulder and he lost control. He and his motorcycle were run over by the semi-truck. Rea was pronounced dead at the scene. Metcalf was not injured.
