Elmira man killed in motorcycle/pickup truck crash in Tioga County Town of Barton

An Elmira man is dead after his motorcycle collided Thursday with a pickup truck in Tioga County, New York.

The Tioga County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 24-year-old Brandon J. Burnham.

The crash took place shortly before 9:30 a.m. on state Route 34 in the Town of Barton, north of the Village of Waverly, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies who arrived at the scene learned Burnham had sustained serious injuries, and area residents who responded to the crash site had attempted life-saving measures.

Burnham was transported by ambulance to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. He died of his injuries shortly after reaching the hospital, the sheriff's office said.

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Details of the crash are still under investigation and no information was available about the driver of the pickup truck.

The Tioga County Sheriff's Office was assisted at the scene by Greater Valley EMS and the Tioga County Crash Investigation Unit. 

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