Motorcyclist Airlifted to Hospital after Crash

Ripley County, IN (March 2, 2022) - A 20-year-old is at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with serious injuries after being injured in a motorcycle crash Tuesday.

Around 7:30 p.m. near Milan, Indiana, Noah Haessig, 20, was driving a 2021 Kawasaki on northbound SR-101 near Spades Road when he collided with a Toyota truck, Indiana State Police said.

Keith Wuellner, 67, was pulling onto the highway from his driveway into Haessig’s oncoming path, state police said. Haessig hit the truck, and the impact threw him off the motorcycle, according to troopers.

The 20-year-old was wearing a helmet, state police mentioned. He was flown to the hospital in Cincinnati with serious injuries.

State police said alcohol and drugs are not believed to be factors in the crash, but toxicology tests are pending.

SOURCE: Fox 19

Motorcyclist Dies in Two Vehicle Crash

Huntington, IN (October 13, 2021) - A motorcyclist died early today in a two-vehicle crash on Indiana 114 in Huntington County, the county sheriff's department said.

The name of the victim has been withheld pending notification of family members, the sheriff's department said in a statement.

 

It said a GMC Yukon was headed west on the state highway about 5:10 a.m. in heavy fog, about half a mile east of County Road 100 East, when it attempted to pass a commercial motor vehicle not involved in the crash.

During the passing attempt, it said, the Yukon collided head-on with a Harley Davidson Electra Glide headed east on the state highway.



Both vehicles and occupants left the roadway, the statement said. It said the motorcyclist died at the scene; the Yukon's driver suffered minor injuries.

The crash investigation is continuing, the statement said.