Plum man dies in motorcycle crash
A Plum man died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle late Friday in the borough , according to an Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s report.
Ryan Thomas Connelly, 22, crashed in the 3000 block of Leechburg Road at 11:55 p.m., according to the medical examiner.
Details about the crash were not readily available. Calls to Plum police and EMS, the responding agencies, were not returned Saturday afternoon.
The medical examiner’s report indicated Connelly died at the scene.
An obituary prepared by his family said he graduated from Plum Borough High School in 2016 and he was a member of Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in New Kensington. He worked for a landscaping company in Monroeville, and formerly at the Wheel Mill, an indoor bike park located in Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood.
“He enjoyed fishing, playing his guitar and riding his motorcycle, and enjoyed riding BMX bikes as well,” the obituary said.
He is survived by his parents, Troy and Amy Jo, his two sisters, a niece and nephew and his maternal grandfather.
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