DELAWARE COUNTY, OH. (THECOUNT) — Anthony Yates, of Richwood, Ohio, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Thursday morning motorcycle crash in Delaware County.

Yates, 37, was killed in a single-motorcycle crash in Scioto Township early Thursday morning.

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According to reports, Yates was operating a motorcycle on OH-37 near Brindle Road in Ostrander, when for unknown reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 3:15 a.m. Thursday. The bike then entered a culvert and made contact with a building.

Yates was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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