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Student dies in motorcycle accident

Published: Friday, March 16, 2007

Updated: Monday, July 7, 2008 17:07

Caleb Eilert, a K-State student, was killed Wednesday night in a two-vehicle accident on Denison Avenue.

Eilert was a 20-year-old sophomore in biology from Andover, Kan.

The driver of the second vehicle was Judi Lazaro of Wamego. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol press release, the accident occurred at 5:14 p.m.

Eilert was driving his motorcycle southbound on Denison Avenue and Lazaro was turning from Olympic Drive to head north on Denison Avenue. Eilert lost control of his motorcycle and slid underneath Lazaro's SUV. He was not wearing a helmet, the report said. Lazaro was uninjured.

According to the report, Eilert was taken by ambulance to Mercy Regional Health Center, where he later was pronounced dead.

Investigation into the accident is ongoing, said Lt. John Eichkorn with the Kansas Highway Patrol. The KHP does not expect to have an official report of the accident ready for about 10 days, he said.

"In cases like this the way it generally works is that once our investigation is complete and we have an official report, we then forward that report to the district attorney's office," he said.

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