A 19-year-old man was killed Saturday morning in a crash involving an electric motorbike and a pickup truck hauling a trailer, according to New York State Police.
Troopers from SP Painted Post responded to the accident at approximately 11:24 a.m. on Victory Highway in the town of Erwin, Steuben County. The initial investigation determined the electric motorbike entered the roadway from a nearby address and failed to yield to an oncoming pickup.
The eastbound 2019 Dodge pickup truck, operated by 31-year-old Christopher E. Tyler of Painted Post, struck the motorbike and its rider. The teenager sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Guthrie Corning Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Tyler was not injured in the crash.
State Police said the investigation is ongoing.
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