Two people are dead in separate crashes in southeast Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two people died in separate car crashes in southeast Ohio on Wednesday.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers are investigating two crash scenes, one in Hocking County and the other in Perry County.

A man was found dead outside an apartment building in Far West Columbus

The first crash occurred Wednesday at 4:38 p.m. on Carbon Hill Buchtel Road near Nelsonville. Brian Campbell, 41, was driving a 2013 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide northbound while at the same time a person driving a 2008 Scion xB was heading south.

The investigation revealed that Campbell left the center line on a curve and struck the Scion. Campbell then drove off the left side of the road and struck a guardrail, causing the motorcycle to overturn.

Campbell was taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No other injuries were reported.

The second crash occurred around 11:30 p.m., when Lancaster Post OSHP responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on Rush Creek Road near State Route 13 in Reading Township near Somerset, Ohio.

Officers discovered a 2013 Lincoln Continental, driven by 68-year-old Thomas Johnson, was traveling eastbound when he failed to negotiate a curve. The car drove off the right side of the road, hit a barrier and went down an embankment, then overturned.

Johnson was taken to Genesis Hospital in Somerset, where he was pronounced dead.

OSHP is investigating both accidents.

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