(WJET/WFXP)– A Chautauqua County man is dead after an airborne motorcycle crash Wednesday evening.
According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, calls went out for that crash around 6:22 Wednesday evening in the area of Routes 62 and 60 in the Town of Kiantone.
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Police said the driver was heading west on Route 62 and trying to pass other cars on the road when they lost control, went into a ditch on the opposite lane and went airborne.
The driver, identified as 49-year-old Thad Keefer of Stockton, NY, suffered serious injuries and was taken to UPMC Chautauqua, where he was later pronounced dead.
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Members of the Town of Carroll Police, New York State Police, Kiantone Fire Department and Chautauqua County Office of Emergency Services responded to the call…