PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA. (THECOUNT) — Bobby Joe Collins, of Danville, Virginia, has been identified as the victim in a motorcycle crash Friday night in Pittsylvania County.
Collins, 30, died following a motorcycle wreck on Friday night in Danville.
According to the Danville Police Department, Collins, who they report was 39 years old, was operating a motorcycle on Piney Forest Road in Danville, when for unknown reasons, the bike exited the roadway and made contact with a curb around 8 p.m. Friday.
Collins, who was ejected from the motorcycle, was pronounced dead at an area hospital of blunt force trauma.
Police interviewed a driver of a Chevy Camaro who they say may have been racing with collins at the time of the crash. That case remains under investigation.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Anyone with possible information on the deadly incident should contact police at 911.
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Geo quick facts: Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,506. Chatham is the county seat. Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.
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