ERIE, Pa. - An overnight motorcycle crash on Erie's bayfront claimed the life of a man.

It happened around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in the 400 block of W. Bayfront Parkway.

Police say the victim was operating a motorcycle when he lost control and hit the curb. The man was not wearing a helmet and suffered a fatal head injury.

The Erie County Coroner pronounced the victim - Timothy Edwards, 42 - dead at the scenefrom blunt force trauma to head. His death was ruled as accidental.

A 22-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle suffered minor injuries.