A 63-year-old Watseka man died Saturday after he was thrown from the motorcycle he was operating in Milford Township.

Alan 'Jeff' Anderson was pronounced dead at Carle Hospital in Urbana. He was transferred there from Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka.

Iroquois County Sheriff's Police investigated the single-vehicle mishap. Police reported Anderson was eastbound on County Road 9 when his cycle crossed the centerline, ran into the ditch, went airborne and overturned. Anderson was thrown from the motorcycle.

Police said a passerby came across the victim and called 9-1-1. Milford Fire and Ambulance responded. Sheriff's Police, the Iroquois County Coroner's Office and Champaign County Coroner's Office continue the investigation.

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