Motorcyclist dies in wreck at Jack Brooks Regional Airport (KBPT) Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas.

Photo: Broussard's Mortuary

A 24-year-old Port Arthur man died early Sunday after he was ejected from his motorcycle at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport.

Jared Rogers was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Brad Burnett.

According to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the wreck happened around 1:30 a.m. on an outer runway at the airport. Reports said it appeared Rogers lost control of the motorcycle as he traveled at a high rate of speed.

Rogers was an employee of a business that was leasing a hangar at the airport, according to the release.

An autopsy and toxicology tests were ordered by Burnett, and the accident remains under investigation.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies identify a man killed in a motorcycle accident over the weekend as Jared Douglas Rogers, 24, of Nederland.

According to a statement issued Monday by the Sheriff's Office, the accident happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday on an outer runway of the Jack Brooks Regional Airport. Investigators say it appears Rogers was going too fast and lost control of the motorcycle.

Rogers was pronounced dead at the scene by Pct. 7 Justice of the Peace Judge Brad Burnett.

Rogers was employed as a pilot with K.U.S.A. Aviation for the last two years. The company leases a hangar at the airport.

A gathering of his family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at Broussard's, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland.

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