UPDATED: La Porte County Sheriff’s Department Investigates Fatal Motorcycle Accident

The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man killed in a motorcycle crash Monday morning. Officers say Billy J. Finney, 46, of Bridgman, Michigan died after he crashed a 2016 Harley Davidson on County Road 1000 North at Range Road, just after 5:00 a.m.

Police believe he was three times the legal limit for alcohol at the time. According to the police report, Finney was traveling east on County Road 1000 North when he failed to negotiate a curve. The motorcycle left the roadway and struck two trees before coming to a stop. Police say Finney was laying in a nearby yard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the Springfield Township Volunteer Fire Department, La Porte County EMS, and the La Porte County Coroner’s Office.