JEFFERSON COUNTY, KY. (THECOUNT) — Troy Lee Eberenz, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday night fatal motorcycle crash in Jefferson County.

Eberenz, 27, was killed in a Tuesday night motorcycle crash involving an SUV in Louisville.

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According to reports, Eberenz was operating a motorcycle on Ballardsville Road near Worthington Place Drive in Louisville, when he made contact with an SUV Tuesday around 10:30 p.m.

Eberenz, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.

The driver of the SUV was uninjured. A passenger traveling in the SUV was transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries.

In 2018, Eberenz made local headlines after his dog was shot in the face during a home burglary.

Eberenz’s girlfriend took to Facebook to remember him:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Jefferson County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 741,096. It is the most populous county in the commonwealth – Wikipedia.