ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA. (THCOUNT) — Virginia State Police is investigating a motorcycle crash that resulted in the death of 21-year-old Tyler Willis Buchanan of Roanoke. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. on Tuesday on Blue Ridge Parkway in Rockbridge County.
Authorities report that Willis-Buchanan was riding a Kawasaki ZX-4 traveling north on Blue Ridge Parkway when the bike ran off the right side of the road and struck numerous trees.
Tragically, Willis-Buchanan was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. Its county seat is the city of Lexington. Rockbridge County completely surrounds the independent cities of Buena Vista and Lexington.
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