GLADWIN -- A Gladwin motorcyclist is dead after a crash.

Michigan State Police in Gladwin report 49 year old Joseph Andrew was heading southbound on M-30 when his motorcycle exited the roadway, rolled several times, and landed in a ditch.

Andrews was taken to the West Branch Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Speed and alcohol are believed to be a factor in the crash, but the incident remains under investigation.