Motorcycle Rider Cited After Fatal Accident

Zanesville Police today released the name of the second motorcycle rider involved in a high speed fatal accident on Linden Avenue this past weekend.

Detective Randy Ritchason says 21-year-old Adam McPherson of South Zanesville has been cited for reckless operation and operating a motorcycle without a helmet.

Ritchason says McPherson estimated that he and 20-year-old Darrin Leopold were traveling in tandem at 110 miles per hour at the time of the crash.

Police say Leopold attempted to pass a car on the left hand side while the car was turning left into a parking lot by Forest Avenue and slammed into the vehicle early Sunday morning.

McPherson was not injured.