Monday, October 17th, 2022
Offcials probe fatal accident
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman
The Mercer County Sheriff's office is investigating a fatal traffic accident that happend Saturday.
Mercer County central dispatch received a call at 2:18 p.m. of a single vehicle crash that occurred on State Route 119, east of the Indiana-Ohio State Line Road in Recovery Township.
Officials said a motorcycle driven by 22-year-old Austin G. Bussell, 2468 Old Mill Road, Maineville, was traveling eastbound on State Route 119, west of Gravel Pit Road, when he failed to negotiate a curve, causing him to run off the south side of the road.
Bussell was transported by St.Henry Squad 8 to Mercer Health in Coldwater, where he was pronounced dead.
The release said that the crash remains under investigation at this time and will be forwarded to the Mercer County prosecutor's office for review.
Assisting at the scene were members of the Southwest Mercer Fire Department and St. Henry Squad 8.