DARKE COUNTY — An 18-year-old was airlifted to the hospital after a motorcycle crash in Darke County early Saturday morning.
Just before 4 a.m.- crews were dispatched to the 400 block of Chenoweth Rd in Hollansburg – on reports of a single-vehicle crash.
The preliminary investigation shows that 18-year-old Isaiah Blanken of Hollansburg was riding a motorcycle west on Chenoweth Rd.
Blanken failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the right side of the road, and struck a fence before being ejected from the motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Blanken was taken to Miami Valley Hospital by Medflight with serious injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.