Parke County, In. – The Parke County Sheriff’s Office reports that 45-year-old Joe Sexton II of Terre Haute was killed just after 1 am Saturday morning when the motorcycle he was riding ran off of U.S. 41 near County Road 200 West and crashed into a utility pole. The Sheriff’s department says that Sexton was southbound on U.S. 41 and failed to negotiate a turn and his bike ran off the road. Speed was a factor.