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Motorcycle crash in Adams County leaves passenger dead

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Posted at 4:10 PM, Aug 09, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-09 16:10:49-04

SPRIGG TOWNSHIP, Ohio — OSP is investigating a crash that left one woman dead in Adams County early Sunday.

Investigators said 24-year-old Chelsea Miller was riding on the back of a motorcycle traveling west down US-52 near Owl Hollow Road in Sprigg Township around 1:45 a.m. when the driver lost control of the motorcycle and drove into a ditch. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver suffered serious injuries and was transported by UC Aircare to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The driver was wearing a helmet, Miller was not.

The crash remains under investigation by OSP.