A pickup truck driver walked away from a crash in East Aurora, New York, on Friday. The motorcyclist did not. His name was Robert Dobstaff, and he was 67.
Police say it happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, at the corner of Bowen Road and Buffalo Road. East Aurora officers, firefighters and AMR ambulance medics went to the scene after reports of a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.
Dobstaff, who lived in East Aurora, was badly hurt. Officers said his injuries were serious and life-threatening. Medics worked to save him, but he died at the scene, the East Aurora Police Department said.
The pickup driver had no injuries.
Many questions are still open. Police have not said how the crash happened, and they haven’t said whether either driver was cited.
The investigation is ongoing. Police have not added anything about what led up to the collision.
East Aurora is a village in Erie County, in western New York, southeast of Buffalo. The crash scene is a corner many people there drive through every day.
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