FREEMAN TOWNSHIP — A local man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr.

Flint York, 56, was traveling north on his 2005 Harley-Davidson on West Freeman Road at 4:26 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a corner and ran off the west side of the road, according to investigators at the scene.

York died at the scene, a mile from his home, as a result of his injuries, Nichols said. York was not wearing a helmet.

His wife was traveling ahead of him when the crash occurred.

A Freeman Township man was killed when his motorcycle crashed on West Freeman Road on Saturday afternoon. (Franklin County Sheriff’s Office photo)