An Akron woman is dead after a motorcycle accident just as the long Memorial Day weekend was starting.

The Ohio State Patrol identified the victim of the Friday evening crash on Killian Road at Plymouth Drive in Springfield Township as 39-year old Michelle Candle. She was riding a 2005 Harley Davidson when she went off the side of the road and hit a tree. Police say she was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. Drugs or alchohol are not a factor in the wreck.