Motorcyclist killed in Seneca County crash

4/7/2005

REPUBLIC, Ohio - A local man was killed Tuesday when the motorcycle he was riding went off Scipio Township Road 8 in Seneca County near here and overturned in a ditch, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Curtis Below, 28, who was thrown from the motorcycle, was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.

Mr. Below was eastbound on Road 8 near State Rt. 67 about 6:10 p.m. when the motorcycle went off the road, troopers said. He was wearing a helmet, they said.