Report issued on biker’s death
Review Staff ReportsLISBON - The Ohio State Highway Patrol has recently confirmed the death of an Alliance man in July was caused by injuries he suffered in a traffic accident.
Gary Mitchell, 71, Madison Avenue, was operating a westbound motorcycle at 3:15 p.m. July 10 on U.S. Route 30 near Wayne Bridge Road in Center Township when the motorcycle went left of center, struck an eastbound vehicle driven by Aimee Little, 21, West High Street, Lisbon, and struck a guardrail, after which he was ejected into a yard. He was transported by ambulance to Salem Community Hospital and was pronounced dead on July 17 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Youngstown.
The Highway Patrol received confirmation Tuesday from investigator Jesse Hoffman that Mitchell's cause of death was blunt force trauma related to the accident.
