SALEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. --
The final ruling was suicide after Pennsylvania State Police and the Westmoreland County coroner worked to piece together the puzzling death of an Export motorcyclist in Slickville.

"I've never seen an accident like this," Chief Deputy Coroner Paul Cycak told Channel 4 Action News reporter Jennifer Miele on Monday.

Cycak said state troopers saw a dead deer on Route 819 in Salem Township, and a wrecked bike with 47-year-old William Mark Amos underneath it, and they thought the man died from injuries he suffered in a crash Friday morning.

Amos, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene about 100 yards south of Ridge Road.

But when they lifted the 1982 Harley Davidson off Amos' body, they found a gun belonging to Amos -- and then discovered a bullet wound in the back of his head.

"There was a fracture to the rear of his head, and the gun laying on the ground. We decided to collect other evidence and send him for autopsy," Cycak said.

Cycak said the leg injuries that were caused by the bike crash would have been painful but not fatal.

State police tried to learn where Amos was before the crash happened, and they examined his driving gloves for the presence of any gunshot residue. Blood work was also sent for analysis.

In the end, the coroner said Amos died of a gunshot wound that was apparently self-inflicted, although it isn't common for such a shot to happen in the rear of the head.

Dead Biker Also Found Shot After Collision With Deer - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

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guy must have thought it was game over and stopped the pain.

He was distraught from killing the deer, so he ended his own life.

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