AMHERST, Ohio — A motorcyclist is dead after failing to stop at a red light and crashing into a car over the weekend.
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Around 10:54 p.m. Saturday, Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers responded to a crash on State Route 58 in Amherst, CBS affiliate WOIO-19 reported.
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The preliminary investigation revealed that a red motorcycle, driven by 47-year-old Shawn Edgell, was traveling northbound on SR-58 at a high rate of speed.
When Edgell reached the intersection of SR-58 and the Interstate 80 exit/entrance ramps, he did not stop at the red light, WOIO-19 reported.
The motorcycle then struck a Mini Cooper that was making a southbound turn from the I-80 exit ramp onto SR-58.
Edgell sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, WOIO-19 reported.
The crash remains under investigation.
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