The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Crash Reconstruction Unit is continuing to investigate a fatal motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Rochester Hills man on Orion Road on Aug. 13.
The accident happened at about 10:25 p.m. on Orion Road, near Territorial Road in Oakland Township. The victim, 35-year-old James Thomas Brehmer, died after his 1977 Yamaha motorcycle went airborne and struck a tree.
According to an OCSD report, Brehmer was traveling southbound on Orion Road, when he crossed left of center, and struck the curb near Territorial Road.
The Yamaha went airborne and struck a tree. Brehmer was wearing a helmet.