A 66-year-old man died in a single-motorcycle crash in Essex on Saturday afternoon, county police said.
The motorcyclist, William Schmittinger of Katherine Avenue in Essex, was riding on Route 702 towards Mace Avenue on his 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle when he lost control and struck a guardrail around 2:30 p.m., police said.
Schmittinger was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The Baltimore County Police Crash Team is investigating the circumstances around the crash.
–Lauren Proudfoot