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Man dies in Columbia County motorcycle crash

The crash happened Saturday afternoon near Bloomsburg
Credit: WNEP

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — A Bloomsburg man is dead following a motorcycle crash this weekend in Columbia County, state police said.

Motorcyclist Robert Halye, 19, lost control around 4 p.m. while driving south around a curve on Mainville Drive in Main Township and into a sport utility vehicle heading north. 

The collision threw Halye onto road's west fog line. He died at the scene, which state police said was about a half-mile east of Fisher Run Road. Halye wore a safety helmet.

The driver of the SUV, Steven Yoder, 55, of Nescopeck, was unharmed. 

Halye's Kawasaki Ninja and Yoder's Ford Edge were towed. State police shut the road down for about 2½ hours. 

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