Pataskala Motorcyclist Injured in US-23 Rear-End Crash From Speeding and Attempting to Pass on Right

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Pataskala man was hospitalized with suspected serious injuries Sunday evening following a high-speed, rear-end collision on US-23 involving a motorcycle and an SUV.

The crash occurred on June 21, 2026, at approximately 6:12 p.m. in the northbound lanes of US-23, just south of Township Road 97 in Harrison Township.

According to an Ohio State Highway Patrol traffic report filed by Trooper Seth Moody, Mathew Ryan Kaufman, 42, of Pataskala, was operating a black 2021 Harley-Davidson Street Glide motorcycle northbound in the left lane of US-23. Traveling ahead of him in the same lane was a white 2024 Honda CR-V driven by Amy Marie Adamski, 50, of Oregon, Ohio…

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