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AMWELL TOWNSHIP, Pa. – (WPXI) – A Scenery Hill man is dead after the motorcycle he was driving crashed into the side of a semi-truck in Amwell Township. According to the Washington County Office of the Coroner, Joseph Smetanka Jr., 60, was driving his motorcycle on Route 40 when he crashed into a tractor trailer that was turning left into the westbound lane on Route 40 near 10 Anderson Drive. The crash happened at around 9:39 p.m. Saturday. Smetanka was pronounced dead about an hour after the crash. He wasn’t wearing a helmet. The crash is being investigated by Pennsylvania State Police.