ESSEX COUNTY, NY. (THECOUNT) — Dana Lee Sanderson, of Colchester, Vermont, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Sunday evening motorcycle crash in Essex County, New York.

Sanderson, 60, was killed in a single-motorcycle crash Sunday evening near Crown Point New York.

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According to officials, Sanderson was operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Lake Road in Crown Point, when for undetermined reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 5 p.m. Sunday. The bike then made contact with a utility pole.

Sanderson was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Sanderson:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Along with Hamilton County, Essex is entirely within the Adirondack Park – Wikipedia.