A 21-year-old Le Roy resident died Wednesday night after a dirt bike he was driving collided with a minivan on Linwood Road in Le Roy.
The accident occurred at about 7:30 p.m.
According to state police, the victim, whose name has not yet been released, was southbound on Linwood Road. The van was heading north when it turned left into a driveway. The motorbike T-boned the minivan.
The victim died in the ambulance in route to the hospital.
State Police are investigating the accident and will release more information when it becomes available.
Information gathered by Alecia Kaus/Video News Service. Photos by Alecia Kaus.
Press release from the State Police:
On Sept. 18 at 7:38 p.m., troopers out of SP Batavia responded to Linwood Road in the Town of Le Roy for a two-vehicle collision.
Further investigation revealed that a 2013 Kawasaki dirt bike operated by Michael T. Leubner, 21, of Le Roy, was traveling southbound on Linwood Road and struck a 2018 Toyota van traveling northbound as it was turning into a driveway.
Leubner was transported to Erie County Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. Leubner was traveling without a headlight.
New York State Collision Reconstruction Unit and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted in this investigation.
