A Claremore man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Mayes County.

The fatality collision happened late Saturday just before midnight on East 420 Road about a mile east of Strang. A 2007 Harley Davidson FLTR, driven by 43-year-old Allen Michael Vargas failed to negotiate a curve to the right, left the roadway and hit the ground.

Vargas was transported by MESTA to Hillcrest Hospital in Pryor with head, internal and arm injuries. He was pronounced dead by hospital staff from injuries sustained in the collision.