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Both lanes of Route 283 eastbound were closed at Route 743 for close to five hours due to a motorcycle accident on Saturday. Police say the crash, involving a motorcycle and truck tractor semitrailer occurred around 8:15 a.m. on Route 283 at the Elizabethtown Road overpass. Investigators say the motorcyclist, 25-year-old Kevin M. Shirk of Harrisburg died at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured. Police say the accident closed both lanes of Route 283 east from the Route 743 exit to the Elizabethtown Rheems exit.