A traffic crash fatality involving a motorcycle occurred yesterday afternoon, May 8, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. in the 8400 block of Harrison Bay Road. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Division conducted the investigation and found the motorcycle driver lost control while attempting to negotiate a curve, leaving the roadway and striking a tree.

The driver, identified as Oral Burton age 47 of Harrison, was transported to Erlanger Hospital by Hamilton County Emergency Services, where he died from his injuries.

The investigation shows that alcohol was involved and is on-going.