A Richwood man is dead following a fatal motorcycle crash Thursday morning.
The Delaware Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the scene of a one-vehicle fatal crash on Route 37 near mile post 3 in Scioto Township, Delaware County at 3:17 a.m. Thursday, according to a report from Lieutenant E. A. Caudill.
Reports indicate Anthony D. Yates, 37, of Richwood was operating a silver 2002 Honda motorcycle westbound on Route 37 when he “failed to maintain reasonable control.”
Yates then reportedly traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a road sign and a ditch. His motorcycle then overturned and struck a building.
He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The Delaware County Coroner pronounced Yates dead at the scene.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by Delaware County Fire and EMS and the Scioto Township Fire Department.
The crash is currently under investigation.