A Waynesboro man was killed Monday morning in a tragic collision involving a deer and a motorcycle on Highway 23, according to the Burke County Sheriff’s Office.
The crash occurred around 6:27 a.m. between Jack Delaigle Road and Hancock Landing Road, when a large deer entered the roadway from the south shoulder and struck a westbound motorcycle.
Deputies say the impact caused the motorcycle’s driver, identified as Barton Andrew Weitzel, 59, to lose control and be ejected onto the roadway. Weitzel was then struck by a pickup truck also traveling westbound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
The driver of the pickup truck, Kirk Brigham, 60, of Girard, was not injured.
In a statement, the Burke County Sheriff’s Office extended condolences to Weitzel’s family and friends, calling it “a difficult time” for the community.
The incident remains under investigation by the agency’s Traffic Division.