An accident on the Ohio Turnpike on Sunday morning left a motorcyclist dead. The accident happened just after 5:30 a.m. in Olmsted Falls in the turnpike’s eastbound lane. According to the report, James Knutti, 34, was riding his motorcycle when he was thrown from his bike as he attempted to avoid a collision with a [...]
A fatal motorcycle accident in Parma, Ohio shut down the State Road for a brief time for investigation of the incident. According to the report, the driver of a van cut across three lanes of traffic and then tried to make a turn. During this process, the van collided with the motorcycle. Witnesses to the [...]
Ray Padgett, principal of Sergeant Paul R. Smith Middles School, is recovering from a motorcycle accident over the weekend in which he was injured. The principal is listed in stable condition after the crash and although he did sustain injuries, he is going to be ok. None of the injures are listed as life threatening. [...]
James Bollinger has pleaded guilty to to vehicular homicide from an incident in August of 2010 that left one man dead. The authorities reported that Bollinger’s blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when he slammed his car into a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, Tim Wurtzel, was killed instantly. If [...]
The passenger on a motorcycle was knocked off the back when the driver of the motorcycle sideswiped a pickup truck. After hitting the truck, the woman fell off of the back and the driver of the motorcycle fled the scene. The driver was caught and faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident and [...]
A motorcyclist was killed on Friday night from multiple blunt force injuries to the head and torso. The accident happened around 8:50 p.m. when a 2007 Dodge Ram failed to stop at an intersection and hit the motorcycle in front of him. The collision caused the driver of the bike, 42-year-old Robert Larson, to fly forward and [...]
A college student died on Monday, two days after he suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident. Christopher Bonifield, 20, was ejected about 150 feet after striking a car, according to the police. The accident happened around 2 p.m. on Saturday. The details of the accident are still being investigated. The car involved was driven [...]
As a historically dangerous holiday weekend approaches, law enforcement officials are seeking to maintain a downward trend of fewer deaths on Ohio roads. Preliminary state-level data shows there have been 615 deaths as of Aug. 22 on Ohio’s roadways, compared to 683 through the same period last year. The data also shows the 112 motorcycle [...]
The 34-year-old mother of three was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by 36-year-old Gregory Grammer when he failed to stop in time for a slowing vehicle at an intersection on August 18, 2011. Manning, the mother, was flown to Grant Medical Center in Columbus after the crash and died there on Saturday. According to [...]
Sunday night Andres Brendez was injured pretty badly after he crashed his motorcycle into a utility pole; those who witnessed the accident said he was doing a wheelie. He was thrown from his bike after it hit the pole. Andres was not wearing a helmet, his condition has not been released but emergency crews said [...]
