An off-duty Staunton firefighter died Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in Augusta County.

Zachary Reese, a 30-year-old resident of Raphine, was driving a 2010 Kawasaki VN 1700 motorcycle around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday headed west on Shenandoah Mountain Drive near Deerfield Valley Road when he lost control and went off the side of the road, according to the Virginia State Police.

He died at the scene.

Police said he was wearing a helmet at the time.

Reese joined Staunton Fire & Rescue in December of last year. He had a decade of experience.

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