Man seriously injured in Stewart Township motorcycle crash
A 24-year-old Derry man suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in Stewart Township near Ohiopyle State Park Sunday afternoon.
Tyler W. O’Barto was flown by STAT Medevac to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia, according to state police.
He was driving east on Kentuck Road near Middle Ridge Road in the area of the Cucumber Falls parking lot when he hit gravel on a left-hand curve, drifted onto the shoulder and off the road to an embankment at about 4:40 p.m. His Suzuki SV650S hit a downed tree head-on and went airborne. Fayette EMS treated O’Barto and transported him to the helipad.
State police said they believe speed was a factor in the crash. They did not say whether he was wearing a helmet.