Tuesday, August 25, 2015

A fiery collision involving a car and a motorcycle takes the life of the cyclist in Miamisburg, Ohio


A motorcyclist was taken to a hospital after this crash Monday afternoon, Aug. 24, 2015, on Dayton Cincinnati Pike near Benner Road in Miamisburg. The driver of the car was not injured. (Jim Noelker/Staff)

Breaking News Staff

MIAMISBURG, OHIO —


UPDATE @ 5:40 a.m. (Aug 25): Miamisburg police said a motorcyclist injured in a crash Monday afternoon on Dayton Cincinnati Pike has succumbed to his injuries.

Officers said the victim, identified as Sean King, died in the hospital Tuesday morning. His age and hometown were not immediately available.

UPDATE @ 6 p.m. (Aug 24): The motorcyclist injured in the collision with a car on Dayton Cincinnati Pike has been taken to Kettering Medical Center in serious condition, Miamisburg police said.

Dayton Cincinnati Pike will remain closed for up to three hours while police reconstruct the accident that occurred just before 4:30 p.m. Traffic headed north toward Dayton Cincinnati Pike is being detoured at Benner Road. Traffic headed south on Dayton Cincinnati Pike is being turned around by police at Vanguard Boulevard.

Police have confirmed that the motorcyclist is a male, but it has not been made immediately clear whether he was wearing a helmet. The driver of the car was not injured, according to police.

The driver of the car tells us he was not injured, that he was making a U-turn when his car was T-boned by the motorcycle. Police have not made statements about their investigation as of yet.

FIRST REPORT

Traffic on Dayton Cincinnati Pike is blocked in Miamisburg after a fiery crash involving a car and a motorcycle.

Police responded shortly before 4:30 p.m.

A car and a motorcycle appeared to be blackened from a fire after a crash.

Northbound traffic on Dayton Cincinnati is being diverted onto Benner Road and southbound traffic is being diverted onto Vanguard Boulevard.

We have a photographer on scene and will provide updates on this developing story. - See more at: http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/motorcyclist-killed-in-fiery-miamisburg-crash/nnQPj/#sthash.dt9oyMJE.dpuf