CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. (EYT) — A fatality occurred yesterday afternoon as a motorcycle crashed into a street sweeper on Bredinsburg Road, near Black Beary Lane, in Cranberry Township, Venango County.

According to police, around 2:55 p.m., 57-year-old Michael C. Brown, of Guys Mills, was traveling eastbound on Bredinsburg Road in a John Deere skid steer clearing the roadway with a rotating broom.

Police say 55-year-old William Lee Moon, Jr., of Oil City, was also traveling eastbound on a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle and encountered a dust cloud created by the skid steer’s rotating broom.

The motorcycle struck the rear of the skid steer in the 6:00 position causing Moon to be ejected from the motorcycle striking the cross bar mounted to the rear of the machine.

According to police, Moon was transported to UPMC Northwest where he was pronounced deceased as a result of his injuries suffered during the crash.

Brown was not injured.

PSP C.A.R.S. unit responded to reconstruct the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.