Steele Creek, NC :Driver charged after man killed in motorcycle crash in southwest Charlotte. The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. June 4th 2014.

A driver was charged in an accident involving a motorcycle crash in the Steele Creek area that left one man dead.

The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Pine Harbor Road and Rainbarrel Road, near Shopton Road W.

Police say 66-year-old Lanny Lee Jenkins was driving a 2000 Honda Odyssey westbound on Pine Harbor Rd when he began to make a left turn onto Rainbarrel Rd.

Jenkins told police that he did not see any approaching vehicles until he was already turning, when he saw a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle, being driven by 31-year-old Kenneth Matthew Andrews, coming eastbound on Pine Harbor.

Investigators say Andrews tried to stop, but laid down the motorcycle and struck the Honda. They say he was wearing a helmet.

Andrews was pronounced deceased at the scene. Jenkins was uninjured.

Police say Jenkins was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle for failing to yield the right of way.

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Driver charged after man killed in motorcycle crash in southwest Charlotte