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GUILFORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) -- An 18-year-old motorcyclist died after crashing into a cow that was standing in the roadway early Thursday, according to authorities.

Medina County sheriff's deputies responded just after 3 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, to the crash scene in the 8200 block of River Styx Road, according to a news release.

A passerby first reported finding the motorcycle in the roadway.

Investigators determined 18-year-old Gavynn Patterson was riding the motorcycle north and struck the cow, which was standing in the roadway.

The cow was also killed, according to the release.

Drugs and alcohol are not suspected in the crash.

Sheriff's deputies and the Medina County Coroner's

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