Wife dies in Butler County motorcycle crash, her husband seriously injured

ROSS TWP. — A 63-year-old woman, a passenger on a motorcycle, died following a crash Wednesday night in Butler County.

Susan Michelle Stoffer of Okeana was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. Her husband, Robert Stoffer, 64, was taken by Air Care to University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati with serious injuries.

The sheriff’s office said neither were wearing helmets.

Emergency personnel responded at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to the crash in the 3800 block of Cincinnati-Brookville Road in Ross Twp.

Robert Stoffer was headed west on a 2007 Harley Davidson Road King on Cincinnati-Brookville Road when he lost control and went off the right side of the roadway, according to the sheriff’s office.

The cause of this crash is under investigation by the Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team (S.T.A.R.T.).

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