(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man is dead, killed while walking across a Leavenworth Street.

The Leavenworth Times reports 44-year-old Adam Wheeler was struck and killed by a motorcycle shortly before 1:00 Sunday afternoon as he crossed Ottawa Street at 12th Street.

According to the newspaper, one of two motorcycles, traveling westbound on Ottawa Street at a high rate of speed, struck and killed Wheeler.

That motorcyclist was thrown from the bike, and suffered what police called life-threatening injuries. He was transported for hospital treatment.
The 35-year-old Leavenworth motorcyclist was wearing a helmet.

The other motorcyclist was not hurt.

The investigation is ongoing.