A Murrysville motorcyclist was killed Thursday evening after crashing into a pickup near Saltsburg, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Peter Devey, 59, died in the crash.
Police said Devey and the driver of a Ford F-250 pickup had been traveling west on Waukeena Road in Loyalhanna Township around 10:45 p.m. when the pickup driver turned left toward County Road.
Devey, who had been in the left lane for “unknown reasons,” struck the truck and its trailing unit, according to a state police report.
Devey was thrown off his BMW motorcycle in the collision, according to Westmoreland County Coroner John Ackerman. Devey was wearing a helmet.
The pickup driver was not injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.