UPDATE:
The Sheriff’s Office has identified the operator of the 2013 Victory motorcycle as Thomas H. Hankey, 60, of Hilton, NY. Hankey left his lane of travel on North Byron road as he was headed east, and crossed over the center line and continued off the north shoulder of the road. The motorcycle then struck a farm fence causing the motorcycle to flip end over end and come to rest on the north shoulder of the roadway.
At this time the cause of the crash is under investigation by members of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office Crash Management Division. Assisting at the scene were members of the Byron and S. Byron Fire Departments along with Elba Fire, Mercy EMS, and the NYS Police.
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At 3:41p.m. on May 21, 2022, Genesee County dispatchers received a call of a motorcycle off the road in the area of 6191 N. Byron Road with the subject not breathing.
According to Sgt. Andrew Hale with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department, a male in his 60’s from Hilton, NY, was traveling eastbound on North Byron Road with three other motorcyclists when for some unknown reason the motorcycle left the roadway and went off the north shoulder of the road and through a ditch, striking a wooden fence, coming to rest on its side.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by the Genesee Coroner’s Office. The three other motorcyclists who were traveling with the victim were not in the area when the subject left the roadway and crashed.
The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the accident.