UPDATE: The motorcyclist who died has been identified as 60-year-old Bart Erdman.

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OCONTO FALLS (WLUK) -- A motorcyclist died after a crash with a truck in Oconto County.

It happened around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday on County Highway I near Beaver Lake Road in the town of Oconto Falls.

When deputies and first responders arrived on scene, they saw a truck and motorcycle in the east ditch of County Highway I.

The preliminary investigation shows a pickup truck, driven by a 56-year-old Oconto Falls man, was traveling south on County Highway I when it collided with a motorcycle, also traveling south on County Highway I.

The driver and lone occupant of the motorcycle, a 60-year-old Oconto Falls man, was ejected and died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.