Motorcycle crashes on rise
Aug. 23: Motorcyclist John M. Day's body found at scene of crash on Trenton Oxford Road.
Aug. 22: Motorcyclist Gail Williams, 43, dies after colliding with a jeep near the 5400 block of Trenton Franklin Road, Madison Twp.
Aug. 19: Motorcycle, car collide at East Second, Allen streets in Franklin; motorcyclist hospitalized.
July 16: Leila Watkins, 20, dies after being flown to hospital; officials said the motorcycle she was riding on as a passenger struck a street median on Highland Street in Middletown while traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph. Driver survives.
WAYNE TWP. — When Shawnne Day’s husband, John, didn’t return home Sunday morning following a motorcycle run and camping trip, she became worried.
Those fears turned to tears on Monday, Aug. 23.
John M. Day, 39, 5079 Rockdale Road, Liberty Twp., was found dead Monday near Ohio 73 just east of Ohio 503, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. His body was located by his brother-in-law, Ronnie Fields, who, along with family and friends, was searching for his body, Shawnne Day said.
His motorcycle was found not far from his body, according to sheriff’s deputies. He may have died as the result of a crash, but there were no witnesses along the busy road to the accident, officials said.
According to Clint Nigg, Butler County Coroner’s Office investigator, Day’s body may have been in the field “for a while.”
Nigg didn’t know a time of death. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday, Aug. 24, he said.
Shawnne Day said she reported her husband of 14 years missing on Sunday morning.
She said she was “heartbroken” when she learned of his death.
“He was the only man for me,” she said through tears.
He leaves behind three children: Aaron Robinson, 18, Summer Day, 12, and Sklyer Day, 6.
She said her husband “loved everybody and everybody loved him.”
Day, a truck driver, was a member of the Monkey Mutual Aid Society, 303 N. Third St., Hamilton, a service organization.
An officer with the Monkey’s, who said he knew Day and his uncle “very well,” refused to discuss the accident.
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