COLUMBUS, Ohio — A motorcyclist is dead after his bike overturned and crashed into a ditch in Fayette County Friday evening.
The crash occurred around 7:45 p.m. on Bloomingburg New Holland Road near Knight Road in Marion Township, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
A release from OSHP says that 78-year-old William Robinson, of Washington Court House, was headed northwest on the road when he failed to turn at a curve. His Honda Goldwing motorcycle then overturned in the roadway and traveled off the right side of the road before striking a ditch.
Robinson was taken to Adena Fayette Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. According to OSHP, he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
No other vehicles were involved.
The incident remains under investigation.
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