PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) — A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a crash in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Friday night.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened at approximately 11:50 p.m. on U.S. Route 40 near Hilliard Rome Road.
According to the sheriff’s office, a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle was driving east on U.S. 40 at a high rate of speed and hit a 2015 Chevrolet Traverse that was making a left-hand turn out of a parking lot.
The motorcyclist was taken to Doctors West Hospital and later transferred to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.
Four people in the Traverse — two adults and two children — were not hurt.
The sheriff’s office said the motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The Prairie Township Fire Department assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.