Charlene Flatter pulled her Chevrolet Equinox north on State Route 121 late Thursday afternoon. The 78-year-old from Wayne Lakes aimed for the entrance there around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 29.
She made the turn near the 3400 block in the Greenville area of Darke County. Right then a Harley-Davidson came south. Rickie Hess Jr., 52, from Greenville sat on that bike.
The Equinox cut into his path. The two vehicles smashed together. Deputies from the Darke County Sheriff’s Office rolled up quick. Fire and rescue crews from New Madison and Tri-Village backed them up.
Hess did not make it. Crews pronounced him dead on the road. Flatter got looked over by medical folks and walked away from the scene. Reports said she took no real hurt.
State Route 121 cuts through that part of western Ohio. It ties communities together around Greenville and Wayne Lakes. The spot sits quiet most days until something like this hits.
The coroner’s investigator came out. So did the sheriff’s accident reconstruction team. They work the details now.
The probe keeps going. More on the exact cause has not dropped yet.
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