Deadly Motorcycle Crash
A man from West Mahanoy Township is dead after a motorcycle crash in Frackville.

Police said Patrick Brayford, 44, was driving a motorcycle along East Oak Street just after midnight when he lost control of the bike while making a right turn. The bike hit a curb and the handle bars caught on a utility pole. Brayford was thrown from the motorcycle.

He died later at a hospital in Ashland.