WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A motorcyclist is dead after a crash on Interstate 75 in Whitley County.

Kentucky State Police say the crash happened just before 10:00 a.m. Monday on I-75 northbound near the 13-mile marker, just north of the Williamsburg city limits.

According to KSP’s initial investigation, 48-year-old Scott Szczesny, of Wisconsin, was traveling on a motorcycle northbound on I-75 when, for unknown reasons, he exited the right shoulder and entered a wooded area.

Whitley County EMS attempted to save his life, but the coroner pronounced Szczesny dead just before 11:00 a.m.

KSP says that speed is believed to be a contributing factor to the crash.

The investigation is ongoing.

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