A motorcyclist died after his bike hit a utility pole in Portage County.
The 27-year-old Milladore man was killed early Wednesday morning.
A news release from the Portage County Sheriff’s Office says a call came in just after 1:00 a.m. from a utility worker who was investigating a power outage that began about an hour earlier.
The worker discovered the motorcycle crash along County Highway G in the Town of Carson.
There was an unresponsive man near the crashed motorcycle.
Preliminary investigation showed the motorcycle was heading south on Highway G when it left the road on a curve and hit the utility pole.
The rider was declared dead at the scene.
He hadn’t been wearing a helmet.
