Franklin County, In. — Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies say loose gravel caused a fatal motorcycle accident on State Road 252 east of Little Cedar Road.
Saturday at 2:46 p.m. a motorcycle riden by Jeffery Dethlefs, 51, of Cincinnati, was westbound on State Road 252 when he hit loose gravel and lost control. The Bike went off the north side of the road, over an embankment and struck an electric fence.
Dethlefs and his 15-year-old female passenger were thrown from the bike. Dethlefs was pronounced dead at the scene. The 15-year-old was flown to University Hospital in Cincinnati.
