(KNZA)--A Fairview man was killed Saturday when his motorcycle crashed on a Brown County highway.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said 50-year-old Thomas Sherwood Jackson II was southbound on U.S 75 Highway at 270th Road when his Harley Davidson motorcycle left the road for an unknown reason and went into the east ditch.  Jackson was thrown from the motorcycle, which came to rest in the ditch.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home.

The time of the accident remains under investigation.