A motorcycle driver has died at a Beaumont hospital after colliding with a pickup truck in Jasper County, according to Justice of the Peace Ben Collins, Sr.

Our media partners, Steve Stewart and Mike Lout with KJAS, say the motorcycle driver crashed into the rear passenger side door of an extended cab Ford F-150 pickup truck at about 10:30 a.m. Friday on Highway 96, about 3 miles north of Kirbyville.

The exact circumstances of the crash are not yet known as the Texas Department of Public Safety continues to investigate.

The motorcycle rider was loaded into a medical helicopter and flown from the scene to CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, where he died, according to JP Collins. JP Collins says the man was 31-years-old. DPS Sgt. Shana Clark identifies the motorcyclist as Jason Speegle of Buna. The driver of the pickup was a 71-year-old woman from Kirbyville.

It's one of several fatal motorcycle crashes in recent days across Southeast Texas.