A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon in a hit-and-run crash on Reily Millville Road in Reily Township, and investigators are searching for the other vehicle involved, according to WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.
The crash happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, on Reily Millville Road near Bunker Hill Woods Road in western Butler County, WLWT reported. The Butler County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene, and officials confirmed that one person who was on the motorcycle had died, according to WLWT.
WLWT reported the crash as a hit-and-run: investigators said they are actively searching for the vehicle involved, but they did not yet have specific information about that vehicle to share. No description of the vehicle had been released as of Wednesday evening.
The rider’s name and age have not been released, WLWT reported. No other deaths or injuries were reported in the initial accounts of the crash.
What is known so far is narrow, and investigators have not said how the crash happened. WLWT reported that officials confirmed the death at the scene, where the coroner’s office responded, but the sequence of the collision — and when the other vehicle left the area — had not been detailed by investigators as of Wednesday evening.
Reily Millville Road is a two-lane road through rural Reily Township, west of Hamilton. The crash site near Bunker Hill Woods Road sits among farmland and woods in the western part of Butler County, not far from the Indiana state line.
The investigation is continuing. A vehicle description, the rider’s identity, and the investigating agency’s account of how the crash occurred are all still to come from officials, and NewsForce247 will append confirmed developments to this story as they are released.
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