Montpelier bicyclist hurt in hit-skip crash

Ohio State Highway Patrol information

MONTPELIER — The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-skip accident that injured a bicyclist near Montpelier early Sunday morning.

According to troopers, Troy L. Presnell, 50, of Montpelier was riding a bike east on West Washington Street in that village when an unidentified vehicle struck the bicycle from behind, then left the scene.

Presnell, who was seriously injured in the crash, was taken to Montpelier Hospital and later airlifted by Samaritan helicopter to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Defiance Patrol post is asking anyone with information on the traffic crash or the identity of the other driver to call the Post at 419.784.1025.