(Updated) Motorcyclist dies after crash

A Patterson man has died after being severely injured in a Sept. 17 crash during which he lost control of his motorcycle and drove into a ditch, Assistant Police Chief Gary Stevenson said.

Police identified the man as Gilbert Wilson, 36, of Patterson. Wilson died Thursday at Lafayette General Medical Center, according to his obituary on Otis Mortuary’s website.

The crash occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday as the motorcycle was traveling on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue toward Red Cypress Road in Patterson when Wilson lost control and was ejected, Stevenson said. Wilson wasn’t wearing a helmet, Stevenson said.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Police don’t know what may have caused Wilson to lose control of the vehicle. Wilson was airlifted to Lafayette General Medical Center after the crash.

Results of a toxicology test are pending, Stevenson said.