27-year-old killed in motorcycle crash in Botetourt County

Authorities said it happened Saturday night on Route 460

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BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – A 27-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Botetourt County on Saturday, according to Virginia State Police.

The incident happened at about 11:15 p.m. on Route 460 at the intersection with the Blue Ridge Parkway, authorities said.

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State troopers report that Darnell Wesley Adams, of White Plains, Maryland, had been driving east on a 2011 Triumph Thruxton 900 motorcycle when he ran off the right side of the roadway and hit a brick wall.

He was transported to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he later passed away.

The crash remains under investigation.