Man dies in Route 170 motorcycle crash

NEGLEY — Ronald Cope, 42, of Wheathill Road, East Palestine, was killed Monday morning when he lost control of his motorcycle on a curve on state Route 170. He ran off the left side of the road and was thrown from his cycle when it hit a dirt mound and overturned.

According to the Ohio Highway State Patrol in Lisbon, Cope was southbound on Route 170, just south of state Route 154 in Middleton Township in Columbiana County, when the crash occurred at 11:30 a.m.