WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash on I-74 in Ohio Saturday morning.
Authorities say, around 3 a.m., a pickup truck driven by Brandon Bernhardt, 21, of Sunman crashed into a motorcycle, ridden by James Lamb, 55, of Cincinnati.
Lamb was knocked from his motorcycle and then dragged almost a mile by Bernhardt’s truck.
Bernhardt stopped and fled the scene.
Sheriff’s deputies and a K-9 were able to locate him in a wooded area about 75 feet from his truck shortly after 4 a.m.
Police say he was impaired at the time of the arrest, citing alcohol and speed as factors in the crash.
Lamb was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bernhardt was not injured.
Bernhardt is facing charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash.
