Man on motorcycle killed after collision with deer on I-79

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A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Friday morning on I-79.

State police in Butler say 52-year-old Michael Webb was traveling southbound in the left passing lane near the Cranberry exit around 5:40 this morning when his motorcycle struck a deer.

Webb was ejected from the motorcycle.

He was wearing a bicycle helmet, but died at the scene.

The southbound lanes in that area were shut down until about 9 this morning.

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