Patrick Clafferty, 26, died at the scene.
Credit: 511PA Published: 4:47 PM EDT April 18, 2021 Updated: 4:09 AM EDT April 19, 2021
YORK COUNTY, Pa.
Update, 4/18, 11:22 p.m.: The York County Coroner s Office has identified the victim of the Sunday evening crash as Patrick Clafferty, 26.
According to a release from the office, Clafferty was travelling northbound on I-83 when he lost control of his motorcycle. He reportedly hopped off, causing him to strike the median before coming to rest on the roadway.
No other vehicles were involved in the initial crash, but a second crash involving two SUVs and two tractor trailers happened seconds later. Clafferty was struck as a result. He became stuck under one of the SUVs, causing him to die at the scene.
Coroner: York Township man dies in motorcycle crash on I-83
Staff report
A York Township man died Sunday in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 83, according to the York County Coroner s Office.
Patrick Clafferty, 26, of the 700 block of Laura Lane, was driving his motorcycle north on I-83 past Exit 14, Leader Heights, just after 4 p.m, Sunday when he lost control of the motorcycle and fell off it, according to a report from the coroner s office.
Clafferty hit the median and came to rest in the roadway, the report said.
A second crash occurred involving two tractor-trailers and two SUVs occurred within seconds, and Clafferty was struck while lying on the roadway, the coroner said.
26-year-old motorcyclist killed in crashes on I-83
Updated 6:48 AM;
York County Coroner Pam Gay identified the victim as Patrick Clafferty of York Township.
Gay said Clafferty was northbound on I-83 when he lost control of his bike just past the Leader Heights exit. He was thrown from the motorcycle into the concrete median wall, she said.
No other vehicles were involved in that crash. However, it quickly triggered a second wreck involving two SUVs and two tractor-trailers, Gay said, and Clafferty was struck while lying on the road.
“Clafferty’s motorcycle ultimately ended up between the two SUVs and Clafferty was caught under one of the SUVs, dying at the scene,” Gay reported.
York Daily Record
A 26-year-old York Township man died Sunday afternoon as a result of two crashes on I-83, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay.
The report says Patrick Clafferty was traveling northbound just past Exit 14 (Leader Heights Road) when he lost control of his motorcycle. Clafferty left the motorcycle, struck the median and came to rest in the roadway. No other vehicles were involved in the initial crash.
Seconds later a second crash occurred involving two SUVs and two tractor-trailers. Sometime during that crash, Clafferty was struck while lying on the roadway, and he ended up caught under one of the SUVs, the coroner says.
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