Friends of the Jacksonville man killed in a motorcycle crash in the Allendale area on Monday night have now identified him only to Action News Jax as 38-year-old Keith Gates.
Michael Lykins, Gates’ close friend and roommate, said he got a call Monday night that Keith hadn’t answered his phone, around the same time he heard about a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Edgewood Avenue and 12th Street.
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He said he rushed to the crash site just in time to find his friend lying dead in the street.
“I got there and I just yelled his name. He was lifeless,” said Lykins, “I was in shock, I was trying to make myself believe that it wasn’t him.”…