PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Destin man was killed in an early morning crash Friday, police reported.
Chad Dale Hamilton, 42, was traveling east on Front Beach Road on a 2008 Harley-Davidson approaching the right turn lane near the Casa Loma hotel, 13615 Front Beach Road, according to a Panama City Beach Police news release. Hamilton's motorcycle left the roadway, jumped the curb and entered the overflowing lot of the motel.
Beach Police said Hamilton was thrown from his bike and struck a parked trailer. Emergency personnel found him with no vital signs and were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, police reported. The investigation was listed Friday morning as ongoing.