Motorcyclist Avoiding Squirrel Dies 10 Days After Central PA Crash: Police

A motorcyclist who crashed while making "an evasive maneuver to avoid striking a squirrel" died at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15, 2023, police announced the following morning.

A squirrel in the road.
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Jillian Pikora

05/16/2023 11:03 a.m.

The Northern York County Regional Police Department was called to the crash involving 58-year-old Jeff Letcavage of Wellsville in the 600 block of Rohlers Church Road in Dover Township at 11:17 a.m. on May 6, 2023.

Following an investigation, police found that Letcavage made the mauver then "traveled off the roadway and struck a utility pole," as stated in the release.

He was taken to WellSpan York Hospital "with extensive injuries" which he succumbed to nine days later, according to the police.

The crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with information on this deadly crash is asked to contact the Northern York County Regional Police Department at 717.467.TELL (8355) or tips@nycrpd.org.

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