21-year-old motorcyclist dies in Washington County crash
On Monday night, Pennsylvania State Police responded to a one-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 79 at mile marker 40/Exit 40 in South Strabane Township.
Nathan Scott Boyd, 21, was traveling south in the left lane when he “failed to negotiate a right-hand curve” at around 8:17 p.m., police said.
He traveled off the left side of the road and struck a guide rail end. He died at approximately 9:23 p.m. at the Washington Hospital Emergency Department, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office.
State police are investigating the incident.
Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania. A Murrysville native, she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State. She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers. She can be reached at mswift@triblive.com.
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