APD: Motorcyclist killed in crash with car making U-turn on Tramway

APD: Motorcyclist killed after car tried making U-turn on Tramway

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a car trying to make a U-turn on a busy northeast Albuquerque road.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a car trying to make a U-turn on a busy northeast Albuquerque road Wednesday evening.

The crashed happened around 7 p.m. Wednesday at Tramway and Menaul. An investigation found someone tried to make a U-turn from northbound Tramway onto southbound in their silver Toyota Prius. As they did, the southbound motorcycle crashed into the rear of the Prius.

Medics pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene.

Three people were in the Prius and medics took them to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

The crash is still under investigation.