Ionia County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a fatal motorcycle crash yesterday just before 6 p.m. Their initial investigation showed a 45-year-old man from Lyons, driving a 2002 Harley Davidson west on East Blue Water Highway (M-21) near Hillcrest Drive, drifted off the right side of the roadway and struck several trees. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash is still under investigation. Ionia Department of Public Safety, Life Ambulance, Ionia County Victim Advocates, and Reed & Hoppes Towing assisted sheriff’s deputies.