CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Friday accident in Harrison County involving a motorcycle claimed the life of a rider.
Authorities say it happened just before 1 p.m. Friday on US Route 19/Good Hope Pike just south of the community of Good Hope.
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department said witnesses claimed the motorcycle was travelling at a high rate of speed. The rider pulled a wheelie, but lost control and flipped the machine multiple times. The male operator, who was not identified, was dead at the scene.
The crash closed the road for an extended period of time Friday afternoon for an investigation.