Fayette County man killed in motorcycle accident
A Fayette County man was killed Sunday after he was ejected from a motorcycle while attempting to merge onto the West End Bridge in Pittsburgh. Robert Jordan Jr., 35, of Uniontown was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Pittsburgh police said Jordan was driving on a Beaver Avenue on-ramp on the North Shore around 2:30 p.m. when he allegedly lost control of the motorcycle.
Jordan was ejected from the motorcycle, flipped over a concrete wall and fell 50 to 60 feet to a parking lot below the bridge.
Jordan’s wrecked motorcycle remained on the bridge, police said, noting that no other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Officials said people who witnessed the accident told police Jordan, who had been wearing a helmet, fell face first to the ground below and was unresponsive.
An autopsy was conducted Monday; however, results were not immediately available.
Jordan was a corrections officer employed at SCI-Pittsburgh in Woods Run, officials said, noting that the motorcyclist had been returning from work.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete as of Monday but will be handled by the J. Harry Johnston Funeral Home in Uniontown.