Motorcyclist in fatal Milton Township crash identified

The victim of a fatal motorcycle accident in Mahoning County has been identified.

OSP says the 57-year-old Francis Cooper Jr. of Diamond, Ohio struck a deer along Mahoning Avenue, just east of Route 534 in Milton Township, after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Troopers say Cooper was ejected from the motorcycle upon striking the deer and was subsequently hit by another vehicle.

Mahoning Avenue was closed between the Dollar General store and Newton Falls Rd. while the crash was being investigated. The road has since reopened.

No one else was injured.