TERRE HAUTE, Ind.  – More details have been released by police in connection to a car/motorcycle crash Saturday that claimed the live of a local man.

Police say that John Giles was driving a motorcycle with a passenger, Tiffany Smith, at 3rd Street and Ohio Street around 9:00 p.m.and a witness told them that Giles merged into the far left lane of northbound 3rd Street to get around traffic that was slowing for a yellow light.

The witness said Giles hit a car after driving the intersection after the light had turned red.

The witness told police the passenger on the motorcycle was thrown into the air and landed in the intersection. Police said Smith’s injuries were non-life threatening.

The driver of the car Giles hit told police she had a yellow flashing turn light southbound on 3rd Street and turned onto Ohio Street after checking for oncoming traffic.

The woman said she didn’t see the motorcycle until it hit her car.