PA Brothers Killed in Separate Wrecks on Same Road, Same Night

A double tragedy struck a Pennsylvania family Saturday night, when two brothers were killed in motorcycle wrecks. That fact alone is a sad twist of fate, but even stranger is the fact that one of them was riding a motorcycle who had been owned by another man who died riding it.

Steven Kerr, 37, died shortly before 9:00 p.m. Saturday night when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a speed limit sign on state Route 38. Police said that the family was notified less than two hours later, and Kerr's brother, Jeremy Kerr, left to go to the site of Steven's accident. Jeremy, 29, came upon the emergency crews still working on the scene of his brother's accident and crashed into the rear of a vehicle that was stopped in traffic because of the blocked road. Jeremy was killed less than 100 yards from where his brother's body lay. The occupants of the other vehicle suffered only minor injuries, according to authorities.

Randy Kerr, another brother, said that Jeremy had been in the process of buying his motorcycle from Steven. According to the Pittsburg Tribune Review, Steven had received the motorcycle in a will from a friend who had been killed in a crash on the same motorcycle.

Steven Kerr was married; Jeremy Kerr was divorced, the father of two girls aged 9 and 5. A donation fund to assist the families has been set up under the name of Nancy Kerr, the men's mother, at the Farmers National Bank in Butler, PA.