A 32-year-old Akron motorcyclist was killed Friday afternoon after his bike collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and State Route 46 in New Lyme Township, Ashtabula County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Emergency crews responded to the crash, and the motorcyclist was initially being taken to a Cleveland hospital by air, but he died at the scene before the helicopter could depart. The pickup driver was not injured.
According to Cleveland 19, troopers say the collision happened around 5:24 p.m. Friday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified the motorcyclist as Joseph Langham, 32, of Akron, who was riding a 2023 Yamaha MT-09, and the pickup driver as Ryan Estep, 42, of Thompson, who was behind the wheel of a 2022 Ford F-450…