MERCER COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A crash involving a single motorcycle in Mercer County Saturday afternoon has claimed a life. Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey says dispatch received a call reporting the crash on Smith Road north of State Route 117 just before 4:30 p.m. An investigation revealed that 65-year-old Vincent Blossom of Rockford was traveling southbound on Smith Road when he failed to negotiate a curve causing him to run off the east side of the roadway and strike a pole. Blossom was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation and will be sent to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office for review.
