Update: Police release name of motorcyclist who died on I-70

ST PETERS, MO – Officials have released the name of the motorcyclist who died in a crash on I-70 near Mid Rivers Mall Dr Wednesday, KSDK reports.

Austin Bergheger, 26, was riding a motorcycle when he collided with a pickup truck while trying to pass an SUV. The motorcyclist was then struck the SUV it tried to pass.

Paramedics were dispatched to the scene of the accident around 9 a.m. The pronounced Bergheger.

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