WOOD COUNTY, OH : Driver dead passenger seriously injured in motorcycle crash on Ohio Turnpike on Tuesday, 16th July 2024

One person is dead and another is hospitalized with serious injuries following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon in Wood County.

The crash happened at 4 p.m. on the Ohio Turnpike near I-280 in Lake Township, according to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

An initial investigation determined that 58-year-old Kenny L. Robinson, of Mt. Sterling, Ky., was driving a motorcycle westbound on the turnpike when the motorcycle's tire blew out. Robinson lost control of the motorcycle and crashed, the state patrol said.

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