OCEAN COUNTY, NJ. (THECOUNT) — Lawrence Foca, of Manchester, New Jersey, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday fatal motorcycle crash in Ocean County.

Larry Foca, 73, was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Manchester Township Thursday night.

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According to reports, Foca was operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Route 70 near Pleasant Valley Road in Manchester, when for unknown reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 9:00 p.m. Thursday. The bike then made contact with a street sign. Foca was then thrown from the bike which kept traveling before colliding with a tree.

Foca was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the southern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Toms River. Since 1990, Ocean County has been one of New Jersey’s fastest-growing counties – Wikipedia.