NEW CONCORD, OH : Dozens of custom motorcycles damaged in crash on Friday, 21st October 2016

More than two dozen Harley-Davidson motorcycles were damaged in a two-vehicle crash that shut down a lane of Interstate 70 through the early morning hours of Friday.

In the crash, the semi-tractor trailer hauling the motorcycles plunged over a 15-foot retaining wall just west of New Concord.

Despite that, the driver of the rig, Michael Elkins, 61, of Mr. Vernon, sustained only minor injuries for which he was treated at the Genesis facility in New Concord. The driver of an involved car, Travis Miller, 32, of Louisville, was uninjured.

Miller was cited for failure to control.

According to reports of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, both vehicles were westbound on I-70 late Thursday night when the car began to hydroplane on the wet roadway and went off the right side of the highwayMiller over-corrected and the car went off the left side of the roadway before reentering the highway and striking the rig.

The semi-tractor trailer then went off roadway and over the high wall, overturning in the process and spilling the custom motorcycles.

The collective value of the damaged motorcycles was estimated to be between $600,000 and $1 million.

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Dozens of custom motorcycles damaged in crash