ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. – A 20-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in Rockbridge County, according to Virginia State Police.
The crash happened at 3:05 p.m. on Tye River Turnpike, a tenth of a mile west of Narrow Passage Lane, when police say a 2005 Suzuki motorcycle heading east ran off the right side of the road and hit a tree.
The motorcycle's driver, Jack Arthur Pincombe, of Palmyra, Virginia, was wearing a helmet and died at the scene.
Although the crash remains under investigation, police do believe speed was a factor.