A Springfield man is dead after a motorcycle crash on Saturday.

Illinois State Police (ISP) says it happened around 4:10 p.m. on Illinois Route 100.

A motorcycle was traveling southbound, just north of Michael Road, behind several others when the driver applied the brakes.

ISP says the motorcycle then began to skid out of control and laid the vehicle on its side before coming to a rest in the northbound lanes.

We're told the driver, later identified as 40-year-old Daniel T. Reckmo, was thrown from the motorcycle and pronounced dead a short while later.