CLARENCE, N.Y. — A 16-year-old Clarence High School student has died from injuries sustained in an electric motorcycle crash earlier this week in a parking lot off Transit Road in Clarence, according to New York State Police.
Rick Brooks, the varsity hockey coach at Clarence High School, told 2 On Your Side that Daniel Bechtel — who was preparing to enter his junior year — died Thursday after being taken off life support.
Daniel crashed the e-motorcycle into a grassy median, according to New York State Trooper James O'Callaghan, who confirmed details of the crash on Friday afternoon.
He suffered a head injury in the crash that happened in a parking lot near Famous Footwear on Transit Road. He was not wearing a helmet at the time, state police said.
Daniel was taken to the hospital, w