A former Greenfield resident was killed Monday when a vehicle went left of center and struck the motorcycle he was riding, according to the Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The state patrol responded at approximately 3:37 p.m. to a report of a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 22 and Amanda Northern Road.
A 2015 white Mitsubishi Outlander Sport operated by Robert C. Johnson II, 59, of Newark, was traveling westbound on U.S. 22. A 2005, silver Honda VTX motorcycle operated by Jared O. Ross, of Williamsport, formerly of Greenfield, was traveling eastbound on U.S. 22. The white Mitsubishi crossed the center line, striking the motorcycle head-on. The motorcycle traveled off the right side of the roadway. The driver was ejected from the motorcycle, according to a news release from the patrol.
Ross was pronounced deceased at the scene.
He was a 2000 graduate of McClain High School in Greenfield and a 2002 graduate of Shawnee State University.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by the Amanda Township Fire Department, Bloom Township Fire Department, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office.
The crash remains under investigation.
