ST. LOUIS, MO – A motorcyclist who was killed in a fatal crash involving an SUV on Monday in Mehlville has since been identified, according to AOL.
This comes as an update regarding our previous reporting. The motorcyclist, 48-year-old Matthew Middeke, from New Baden, was traveling north on Lemay Ferry Road when he was struck by a southbound SUV turning left into a business parking lot.
EMS crews rushed Middeke to a hospital, where he later died.
The SUV driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators.
Middeke was the son of Raphael H. “Rafe” Middeke, a former Catholic priest and a long-time editor of The Messenger, the newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville. He passed away on June 3, 2026, at 92.
Anyone with more information on the crash is asked to contact the phone number listed in the initial source.
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