UPDATE Three Vehicle Fatal Accident

**UPDATE 11:18 a.m.**

In a press release, the Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed the names of the people involved in Saturday night’s fatal accident.

Cory Cox, 33 of Newark was pronounced dead at the scene. He was driving a 2014 Harley Davidson eastbound on S.R. 16 when Bryan Welsh, 49 of Coshocton, who was also heading eastbound failed to maintain an assured clear distance ahead and struck Cox’s motorcycle in the rear.

Both Cox and the passenger, Rachel Cox, 32 of Newark, were ejected. Rachel was in critical condition and taken via Med-flight to Akron General Hospital. Sunday morning, the highway patrol said she has non-life threatening injuries.

After the initial accident, Gerald Bishop, 55 and Bobbie O’Brien, 50 both of Heath were driving westbound on S.R. 16 in a Buick LaSabre. The highway patrol stated that Bishop attempted to stop his vehicle, but he struck Cory Cox before he was able to drive off the road and into a ditch.

Welsh, Bishop and O’Brien were evaluated by Dresden E.M.S. at the scene and later released.

The patrol confirmed that neither Cory nor Rachel Cox were wearing helmets at the time of the crash. Alcohol is suspected to be a factor, and the crash remains under investigation.

**UPDATE 10:55 p.m.**

An accident in northern Muskingum County left one man dead and another person in critical condition.

The three vehicle crash occurred shortly after 7:00 p.m. Saturday near 970 Raiders Road. According to Lieutenant Matt Boyd of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a motorcycle was making a turn into a driveway when a semi struck it in the rear. Both the male driver and female passenger of the motorcycle were ejected.

After being ejected, Boyd said, the male driver was struck by a car heading the opposite direction. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The female passenger was transported via medflight to Akron.

“We just know that she was critical,” Boyd explained her condition. “She had pretty significant injuries where she — the semi struck them in the rear end. Of course she was probably taken trauma from the semi striking them, and she was also ejected.

According to the highway patrol, neither the driver or passenger was wearing a helmet. The accident remains under investigation. Boyd added that it could take several weeks to complete that investigation and file charges.

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Authorities confirm a multiple vehicle crash in northern Muskingum County resulted in the death of one person.

A motorcycle, car and semi were involved in the crash which occurred around 7:00 p.m. Saturday. It happened near 970 Raiders Road.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead on the scene. The passenger, and spouse of the driver was transported via medflight to an area hospital.