A 17-year-old has died after a motorcycle accident in Brown County.
On Sunday, August 4th at approximately 7:00 p.m., Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers from the Georgetown Post were dispatched to the intersection of State Route 774 and Bethel Maple Rd for a report of a two-vehicle crash.
Preliminary investigation revealed that 17-year-old Logan Saddler of Mount Orab was riding a motorcycle south on SR 774.
An SUV driven by 49-year-old Rhonda Wright of Bethel stopped at a stop sign southeast of Bethel Maple Road.
The SUV entered the intersection and was struck by Saddler’s motorcycle.
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The SUV veered off the right side of the road and came to a stop.
Saddler was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene.
Wright was seriously injured and flown by Air Care to the University of Cincinnati Hospital.
Saddler was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is still investigating the accident.
