Virginia Beach Man ID’d As Victim Killed In McKenney Motorcycle-Vs-Deer Collision

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VA. (THECOUNT) — William Oscar Rowe Jr., of Virginia Beach, Va, has been identified as the victim in a early Saturday morning McKenney, VA, motorcycle crash.

Rowe, 45, was operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he rear ended a BMW 646, while attempting to avoid a deer in the roadway. The accident occurred on Route 40 near Flatfoot Road, Stony Creek, Dinwiddie County, VA Saturday, say officials.

“The trooper’s preliminary investigation reveals that William Oscar Rowe Jr., 45, of Virginia Beach, Va., was operating a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Route 40 when he ran into the rear of a 2004 BMW 646 CSI as both vehicles were attempting to avoid a deer,” Hill said. “Rowe then lost control crashing his motorcycle on the ground.” source

Troopers said Rowe was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the collision.

No one else was injured, a respot said.

Officials said the cause of the wreck remains under investigation.