A motorcyclist involved in a weekend accident in Cherokee County, Alabama has died.

Cherokee County Coroner Jeremy Deaton confirmed that 53-year old Robert Fields of Cedar Bluff succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash Wednesday morning.

The accident occurred Saturday night at around 7:42pm on County Road 144.

Fields was taken from the scene by Cherokee EMS to a landing zone at the football field at Cedar Bluff School – and from there he was air-lifted to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.

The cause of the wreck remains under investigation by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.