ALBEMARLE COUNTY — The Virginia State Police (VSP) has released information that a local man died in a Saturday (Oct. 2) crash in Albemarle County.
At 5:19 p.m., VSP reported to a single-vehicle crash eastbound on Interstate 64 (I-64) near mile marker 116.
Robert B. Waldram, Jr., 57, of Williamsburg was traveling east in the left lane on a 1998 Kawasaki ZG1200 motorcycle and began to lose control. Once on the right shoulder, Waldram laid the bike down and became separated from it.
Both Waldram and the bike struck a guardrail and the bike bounced back, coming to a rest in the travel lane.
Mr. Waldram is reported to have died at the scene. VSP reports that he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.