TECUMSEH TWP. — Shortly after 7 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, Lenawee County sheriff’s deputies responded to Newburg Highway near Burwyn Hills Drive in Tecumseh Township for a head-on crash between a truck and a motorcycle.

Deputies stated that a silver Honda motorcycle was traveling north on Newburg Highway at a high speed when the driver, a 19-year-old man from the Tecumseh area, lost control of his 2007 Honda CBR 1000 motorcycle on a curve. He entered the oncoming lane and was struck by a 2005 Chevrolet C5500 truck driven by a 41-year-old man from the Ann Arbor area who was traveling south.

The motorcyclist was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured in the crash and was wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the motorcycle was wearing a helmet.

It is unknown if drugs or alcohol were involved and the crash remains under investigation by the Lenawee County Accident Investigation Team. Assisting were the Tecumseh Police Department, Clinton Township Fire Department, Huron Valley Ambulance/EMS, the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Team, Lenawee County Drone Team, Lenawee County Victim Service Unit and Lenawee County Medical Examiners Office.