MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Saturday afternoon crash on Buck Hill has claimed the life of a motorcyclist.
West Virginia State Police tell the Panhandle News Network it happened around 4 in the afternoon in the 1330 block of Buck Hill Road.
Their report indicates Matthew Neal, 28, of Hedgesville, crested the hill on his Harley Davidson and swerved to miss a wide ‘acreage raking’ piece of farm equipment coming in the opposite direction that was being pulled by a Super Duty truck operated by Jacob Yates, 42, of Hedgesville.
State Police say the farm equipment ‘exceeded the width of the lane.’ Neal was reportedly knocked off his motorcycle and ‘struck the farm equipment in a head on manner of collision.’ according to the report.
Neal was pronounced deceased on scene by EMS.