Warren motorcycle accidents kill 1, injure 2

Staff report

WARREN

Richard A. Loychick, 43, of Adelaide Avenue Southeast died Saturday after his motorcycle crashed into a street sign and utility pole a short distance from his home.

Warren police said Loychick was traveling south on Adelaide near Youngstown Road, about a block from home, when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve, crossing the center line, leaving the roadway and hitting a traffic sign and then a large utility pole near Ada Street.

Loychick, who was wearing a helmet, was dead at the scene near the utility pole, while the motorcycle proceeded farther south and into a front yard on the other side of the intersection.

The Trumbull County Coroner’s office said Loychick died from massive internal injuries resulting from the high speed he was traveling during the 4:47 p.m. accident.

Warren police also investigated an accident Friday night on West Market Street near York Avenue Northwest that injured two men on a motorcycle, which collided with a car.

Police said the driver, Bryce K. Edwards, 26, of Peerless Street, Leavittsburg, suffered a cut to his head. His passenger, Johnny H. Thomas Jr., 52, of Altura Drive in Howland, suffered a broken leg and abrasions.

Both were treated at Warren hospitals.

The driver of the car, Patrolman Terrence Eddington, who was off duty, told police the motorcycle was traveling eastbound, “weaving between lanes” and finally crossed the center line and collided with the car.

Eddington and his two passengers were not injured.

Police issued a license suspension for Edwards after he refused to allow a sample of his blood to be taken.

Neither man on the motorcycle was wearing a helmet in the 10:44 p.m. crash.