COLUMBUS, Ohio — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash on U.S. Route 23 in Pike County Monday evening.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 82-year-old Robert Lawson was operating a Honda Motorcycle traveling southbound on Route 23 in Scioto Township around 7:30 p.m. when he was hit by a Jeep Cherokee.
OSHP says that the Jeep failed to maintain an assured clear distance and hit the motorcycle in the back, causing Lawson to leave the roadway where his motorcycle struck a guardrail and concrete barrier.
Lawson was taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia by helicopter for serious injuries. He was later pronounced dead, according to OSHP.
The driver of the Jeep was not injured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
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