MILAN – The Milan Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on the Ohio Turnpike in Sandusky County. The crash occurred on October 3, at approximately 8:46 p.m., in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, at milepost 103.6 in the eastbound lanes of travel.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the crash occurred when an eastbound Honda Shadow Motorcycle, operated by Desmond Thomas, 37, Melvindale, MI, was struck by a Ford Escape, being operated by Thomas Gascoigne, 81, of Ravenna, OH, while it was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes.

Gascoigne suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by ground ambulance to Bellevue Hospital. Desmond Thomas, 37, Melvindale, MI, succumbed to fatal injuries at the scene.

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