Kent County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a motorcyclist struck by a passenger car in the 5000 block of Kraft Avenue, S.E. near the airport viewing area Monday just after 7 a.m.,according to a KCSO news release.

The initial investigation revealed that a southbound motorcycle, operated by Michael Wilberding, 58, of Greenville, was struck head-on by a northbound sedan, driven by Andrijana Masnica, 48, also of Greenville.

Wilberding was pronounced dead at the scene; the cause of the accident remains under investigation.