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Updated: Tuesday, 31 Jul 2012, 7:28 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 31 Jul 2012, 7:28 PM EDT

CLARENDON, N.Y. (WIVB) - An Albion man is dead following an afternoon motorcycle crash in Orleans County.

Deputies say 42-year-old Russell Patten was killed when his 2008 Suzuki motorcycle collided with a deer on Brown School Road in the Town of Clarendon, just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Patten lost control of the bike and was thrown.

The crash remains under investigation, and the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office in Rochester is conducting an autopsy.

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