JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash south of Franklin that killed a man on a moped Thursday morning.
Deputies responded to northbound U.S. 31, just south of County Road 400 South between Franklin and Edinburgh, shortly before 5:30 a.m.
The sheriff's office identified the victim as 43-year-old James R. Hall, of Indianapolis.
Deputies said the roads were wet when the crash happened.
According to a pickup truck driver from Edinburgh, Hall was driving a moped slowly in the left lane, so the driver of the pickup moved to pass Hall. As the pickup truck was passing, the driver told deputies Hall moved in front of him and hit his pickup truck.
U.S. 31 northbound was restricted to one lane as police investigated the cause of the crash, the sheriff's office said.
