Published: 8/19/2012

Motorcyclist killed in Washington Twp.

BLADE STAFF

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when he collided with a farm tractor driven by a 12-year-old boy pulled unto Township Road 92, according to the Ohio State Patrol.

Nathan M. Fought, 35, of Lindsey, OH, was northbound on TR 92 about 12:50 p.m. when the boy pulled the tractor westbound from a private drive about 0.2 miles north of Sandusky County Road 109. Mr. Fought, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from his motorcycle, according to the state patrol.

He was taken by air ambulance to the University of Toledo Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio, where he died. The boy was not injured in the crash. State troopers are still investigating the crash.

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