Motorcycle crash kills man on I-75 near Detroit Ave.

5/24/2008

A 23-year-old northeast Ohio man was killed yesterday when his motorcycle struck a concrete median on northbound I-75 just past the Detroit Avenue exit, police said.

Frank Allen of Willoughby was pronounced dead at Toledo Hospital.

Mr. Allen was riding his motorcycle on the interstate about 11:30 a.m. when it went out of control, police said.

The left and center lanes of northbound I-75 were closed between Washington Street and the I-475 split for about an hour after the crash.