Motorcycle crash leaves rider in critical condition

8/20/2001

MONROEVILLE, Ohio - A motorcyclist who failed to round a curve Saturday night was in critical condition yesterday in a Cleveland hospital.

Margo Welfe, 42, of Monroeville, was northbound on Hettle Road just south of Terry Road south of Monroeville about 7:20 p.m. when she missed a curve and ended up in a yard.

Ms. Welfe was thrown from her bike. She was not wearing a helmet, according to troopers at the Norwalk post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Ms. Welfe was flown by air ambulance to Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital.