STEUBEN CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Two people were injured in a motorcycle crash Sunday night on Bayview Rd near Lake James Ln 345 in Steuben County’s rural Pleasant Township.
Steuben County Sheriff’s deputies responded around 10 p.m. for a report of a crashed motorcycle and two injured victims. When initial responding deputies arrived, they located a female victim laying in the road who appeared unresponsive. A second male victim was also located laying on the ground near the roadway adjacent to a crashed motorcycle, according to the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office.
The following was released:
Preliminary crash scene investigation indicated that a black 2019 Harley Davidson Street Glide driven by 35-year-old Dennis Marshall of Auburn, IN was traveling northbound on Bayview Rd when Marshall failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway for an unknown reason. The left side of the undercarriage then scraped the roadway causing the motorcycle to rotate 180 degrees counterclockwise on its axis. The rotation caused the female passenger identified as 24-year-old Kaylie Wallen of Auburn, IN to be ejected from the motorcycle onto the roadway.
The motorcycle then came to rest in the southbound lane facing southeast. Wallen suffered a possible head injury and was transported by ambulance to a Fort Wayne area hospital in serious condition. Marshall suffered abrasions to his lower body as well as a possible head injury and was also transported by ambulance to a Fort Wayne area hospital in stable condition. Neither were wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and the weather was clear and roadway dry.
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash which remains under investigation by the Steuben County Fatal Alcohol Crash Team (FACT). Assisting the Sheriff’s Office at the scene were Steuben County EMS, Angola Fire Rescue, and the Angola Police.
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