One person was killed in a traffic crash in Jackson County Thursday afternoon.

According to Sheriff’s Deputies, the victim was driving a motorcycle south on US 51 when he failed to see a pickup truck in front of him had slowed to make a turn into a driveway and slammed into the back of that truck.

The driver of the bike was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup was uninjured.

The name of the victim has not yet been released.