State police in Blair County are trying to determine the circumstances behind a traffic accident in which a motorcycle operator was found deceased.
Ralph Stayer of Duncansville was riding at the intersection of 6th and Park avenues in the borough when his 2007 Kawasaki went off the road about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
The motorcycle crashed at a grassy area near the park walking bridge near a creek. The motorcycle struck a signpost.
A neighborhood child playing in a yard saw Stayer lying there and summoned his father, who called 911.
State police found no sign of excessive speed.
In other police-related news:
• State police are looking for a woman who said she was going to overdose to kill herself,
then left on foot from her residence at 113 Bigler Ave., Northern Cambria.
Police said Sarah Ann Moore-Shutty, 28, left about 3 p.m. Sunday.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Ebensburg barracks at 471-6500.
• Three men have been charged with fleeing police on ATVs in a chase in which speeds of 65 to 70 mph were reached.
State police in Indiana County said the three led police on a 6-mile chase starting near Rayne Township Elementary School about 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Police began pursuit after they said the three passed vehicles on the right berm through a school zone.
The men were identified as Aidan Peter Barton, 23, of Indiana; Adam Halfstep Dinsmore, 22, of Dayton, Armstrong County; and Robert Bruce Wiant, 19, of Timblin, Jefferson County.
All charged with fleeing police, reckless endangerment and traffic violations.
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