WHEELERSBURG, Ohio — On Sunday, June 19th at 12:43 p.m., the Portsmouth Dispatch Center of the Ohio State Highway Patrol received a call of an SUV versus motorcycle crash on Ohio River Rd. near the intersection of Downtown Hayport Rd. in Porter Township.
Rebecca E. Parsley, 81, of Wheelersburg, was driving a 2022 Lexus RX350. Parsley was turning left (southbound) onto Ohio River Rd. from a business. At the same time, Rodney L. Jenkins, 33, of Portsmouth, was driving a 2011 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, without his helmet, northbound on Ohio River Rd.
While driving, the motorcyclist struck Parsley and was ejected from his motorcycle. The driver of the Lexus received minor injuries and was transported to Southern Ohio Medical Center.
Unfortunately, Jenkins sustained life-threatening injuries as a result of the crash and was pronounced deceased on Sunday evening at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by Porter Township Fire Department and EMS, Green Township EMS, Air Evac 97 and the Scioto County Sheriff’s Department.
The crash currently remains under investigation.