LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Niagara County Sheriff's Office announced a motorcyclist was killed after striking a deer and a telephone pole on the 4300 block of Purdy Road in Lockport.
Investigators said that sometime overnight, the motorcyclist collided with a deer in the roadway and then left the roadway and collided with a telephone pole.
The sheriff's office said the operator of the motorcycle was dead upon arrival of emergency responders. The operator was identified as 37-year-old Shawn Wheaton of Lockport on Tuesday.
The crash is under investigation, and the name of the motorcyclist is being withheld pending notification of family.
