CLAYTON — A motorcyclist was killed and a police officer was injured Saturday afternoon in separate crashes on Amelia Church Road, according to Clayton Police Chief Greg Tart.
Chief Tart said officers responded around 1 p.m. to a crash involving a motorcycle near Springwood Place. Witnesses told investigators that the motorcyclist, identified as Alex Kenneth Arble, 31, of Clayton, was traveling north on Amelia Church Road near Clayton Community Park when his 2009 Harley-Davidson struck the rear of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee.
The impact threw Arble from the motorcycle into oncoming traffic, where he was struck by a southbound 2018 Jeep Wrangler, police said.
Bystanders performed CPR before emergency responders from Johnston County EMS and Clayton Fire Department arrived, but Arble was pronounced dead at the scene…