A weekend accident on a highway in Washington state has reportedly killed a Kelowna motorcycle rider.

59-year old Ralf Pfob of Kelowna apparently crossed the centre line Saturday on Washington’s State Highway-25 in Stevens County, and ran head on into an oncoming pickup truck and travel trailer.

The truck driver wasn’t hurt, but the Kelowna rider was declared dead at the scene.

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The Montana Highway Patrol says a 46-year-old Canadian man has died in a motorcycle crash in southeastern Montana.

The patrol says the man was in a group of three motorcyclists who were eastbound on U.S. 212 near Ashland at about 2 p.m. Sunday.

The man failed to negotiate a left hand curve and lost control of the motorcycle on the soft shoulder.

He was thrown from the bike and landed in the ditch.

The Coaldale, Alberta man was not wearing a helmet and died at the scene.