A Meridian Township police officer photographed on March 26, 2019.
A 20 year-old male died on the morning of Friday, Oct. 18 after a collision with a pickup truck as he turned his moped from Hagadorn Road to Mount Hope Road, according to a brief released by the Meridian Police Department.
Police identified the moped driver as Michigan State student Sebastian Alexander Tyll of Fenton, Michigan at about 10:00 a.m. Saturday Oct. 19
Investigators with the department do not suspect alcohol to be involved.
The driver of the pickup truck was wearing a seatbelt, and the moped driver was wearing a helmet when the accident happened.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
This article was updated Oct. 19 to include the identity of the moped driver
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