Joliet motorcyclist dead following 2-vehicle crash

A Joliet man is dead after the motorcycle he was operating collied with a car in Joliet on Thursday evening.

The motorcyclist was identified by the Will County Coroner’s Office as Dyjahn T. Porter, 19, of Joliet.

Porter was operating a Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle about 5:45 p.m. when it collided with a Nissan Rogue driven by a 19-year-old Romeoville woman that was turning west on West Jefferson Street from northbound Reedwood Drive, Joliet police said.

The collision caused Porter to be ejected from the motorcycle. The speed of the motorcycle may have been a factor in the crash, police said. The driver of the Nissan was not injured.

Porter was taken to Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet hospital by the Joliet Fire Department, where he was pronounced dead at 6:04 p.m., according to the coroner’s office.

An autopsy was performed Friday, and final cause and manner of death will be determined after results are received from autopsy, police and toxicological reports, the coroner’s office said.

The road was closed for several hours as traffic crash investigators reconstructed the scene, police said. The crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with video footage or information regarding the crash is encouraged to call the Joliet Police Department Traffic Unit at 815-724-3110.