A motorcycle accident Friday night claimed the life of a 29-year-old Erie man.

Raghuib Sparks hit a utility pole in the 3200 block of Zimmerman Rd. and suffered serious injuries.

He was taken to UPMC Hamot where he was pronounced dead.

Sparks died of blunt forced trauma, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook told Erie News Now.

Cook ruled the death as accidental.