Eestan Starkey was just 21 when his motorcycle ride ended on Adams Lane. The Zanesville man headed north on his 2026 Kawasaki around 6 p.m. Tuesday. A curve near Somers Street changed everything in seconds.
Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol got the call right away. A 2007 Toyota Yaris driven by a juvenile was going south. The car went off the right side of the road while taking that curve. It crossed the centerline and slammed into Starkey’s bike.
Starkey was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else died. The crash left a quiet stretch of Adams Lane filled with responders and flashing lights.
He lived in Zanesville. Friends and family knew him as a young guy with plenty of road still ahead. One moment he was riding. The next, everything stopped.
Falls Township Fire Department showed up. So did the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office, the county coroner, Zanesville police, and the prosecutor’s office. They worked the scene together while the sun went down.
The investigation is still going. Troopers are looking at the curve, the path of the Yaris, and every detail from that Tuesday evening. No charges have been announced yet.
People who knew Starkey now face an empty space where he used to be. A short ride on a familiar road turned into the last one he would ever take.
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