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Daytona Beach man dies in Port Orange motorcycle crash

PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A Daytona Beach man was killed when he wrecked his motorcycle in Port Orange Sunday evening.

Police say they’re unsure what caused 61-year-old Robert Franklin Finzel to lose control of his motorcycle as he traveled northbound on City Center Parkway just before 6 p.m.

According to the Port Orange Police Department’s traffic homicide investigators, Finzel left the roadway and was thrown from the motorcycle, eventually coming to a rest underneath it.

He was pronounced dead at Halifax Hospital in Port Orange.

The crash remains under investigation

Police say Finzel was not wearing a helmet.