Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Investigators are looking into a pair of motorcycle crashes over the weekend that killed the operator of both motorcycles.
At around 10:30 p.m. in the Town of Burns in Allegany County, New York State Police received a call for an unoccupied motorcycle laying on the shoulder of State Route 70.
An investigation determined that a 2024 Kawasaki was traveling Westbound on State Route 70 and exited the roadway into the north shoulder, striking a signpost causing the operator to be ejected.
The operator, identified as 50-year-old Jayson Mess of Canaseraga, was located deceased in a ditch near the collision.
Then on Sunday afternoon in the Town of Aurora, a 38-year-old motorcyclist was killed following a crash in the area of 691 Mill Road.
A call came into the East Aurora Police Department at 12:42 p.m. reporting the crash. Police responded and found the driver, Bryan Bratos, with serious, life-threatening injuries.
Police officers, firefighters and paramedics all attempted to give life-saving aid to Bratos, who would be pronounced dead at the scene.
The first crash took place in Allegany County, while the other happened in the Town of Aurora
The first crash took place in Allegany County, while the other happened in the Town of Aurora
