The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a motorcycle that left a 36-year-old man dead.
The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on Battlesburg Road near Maplehurst Avenue in East Sparta.
According to deputies, Donald Baughman was riding a 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Battlesburg Road when he attempted to negotiate a curve and traveled to the right side of the road, where he struck a tree.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies said he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
