An Alabama man died after his motorcycle struck a tree on VT Route 58 in Irasburg on Saturday morning.
Vermont State Police, Orleans Ambulance Service, and the Irasburg Fire Department responded to the scene near Houston Heights just after 11:30 a.m. Korban Rutherford, 28, of Hanceville, Alabama, was taken to North Country Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to investigators.
Witnesses told police that Rutherford appeared to swerve after seeing a pickup truck enter the highway. Investigators said the truck stopped before entering Rutherford's lane and the two vehicles did not collide.
The crash remains under investigation.
Originally reported by WPTZ NBC5.
Photo: Griffin Wooldridge via Pexels. Photo is illustrative and not from the scene.
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