By John Estridge from a press release from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
A Brookville man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon after a motorcycle accident on Farifield Causeway Road.
According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release, Ethan D. Orschell, 27, Brookville, was injured. An Aircare helicopter was called to the scene, and it transported him to University Hospital in Cincinnati for treatment of injuries. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Orschell was eastbound at 3:23 p.m., while operating a 2014 Harley Davidson. About one-half mile west of Cave Road, he passed two eastbound vehicles with him striking the second vehicle’s driver-side mirror.
Lisa Baudendistel, 52, Liberty, was operating a 2017 Jeep eastbound, and she said Orschell’s motorcycle struck the mirror on her Jeep, and it caused Orschell to lose control.
At that time, after losing control of the motorcycle, he went off the north side of the road, and the motorcycle rolled several times, ejecting Orschell from the motorcycle.
Fairfield Causeway Road was closed for a short time as a result of the accident.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputies were assisted at the scene by Blooming Grove and Brookville volunteer fire departments, Brookville EMS-2 and Responder 24.