FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio — A motorcyclist is dead after they struck a vehicle backing out of a driveway in southern Franklin County Wednesday evening.
The crash happened just after 6:45 p.m. on Big Run South Road, just north of Demorest Road in Jackson Township, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
A witness told deputies that a 2021 Suzuki Motorcycle was heading north on Big Run South Road at a high rate of speed. A 2020 Buick Encore was backing out of a driveway onto the road when the motorcycle struck the vehicle with enough force for it to spin into a ditch.
When deputies arrived on the scene, the motorcyclist was pronounced dead. The sheriff’s office has not released the name of the motorcyclist.
Anyone with additional information on this crash is asked to call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Unit at 614-525-6113.
