JERSEY COUNTY -- A motorcyclist was killed this morning in a crash with a truck, the Illinois State Police said.

Damon M. Volger, 39, of Cottage Hills, was riding a 1997 Harley-Davidson motorcycle north on Otterville Road at 10:34 a.m. When he reached a stop sign at Route 16, he didn't stop and instead entered the path of a 1997 Peterbilt truck that was westbound on Route 16, state police said.

The driver of the truck tried to stop but wasn't able to do so in time, and the truck hit Volger's motorcycle, according to the state police. Volger was thrown from the motorcycle and both vehicles ended up in a cornfield northwest of the intersection.

The coroner pronounced Volger dead at the crash site. Authorities said he was wearing a helmet. The truck driver was not injured.