State police release details on fatal motorcycle crash in Sewickley Township

Pennsylvania State Police have released information about a fatal motorcycle crash last month in Sewickley Township.
Matthew W. Cathers, 52, of Smithton was riding a Harley-Davidson Sportster on Lowber Road around 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18 when it left the road and hit a guide rail, police said. The motorcycle continued on Lowber and hit a second guide rail near the Irwin Herminie Road intersection.
Cathers had serious injuries and was taken by medical helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian. He died Saturday as a result of injuries from the crash, according to his obituary.
Troopers issued a news release about the crash Tuesday.