Woman killed after getting trapped underneath trike motorcycle in Mansfield crash Mansfield Police (Source: Facebook) By Rachel Vadaj | April 7, 2021 at 9:25 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 9:26 PM
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman riding in the back of a trike is dead after she was ejected and trapped underneath in a Tuesday evening crash, according to Mansfield Police.
Police said officers responded to the crash at 6:41 p.m. at North Lake Park in the 270 block of Rae Avenue.
A 63-year-old man was driving a 1985 Honda trike motorcycle lost control after he turned his head to talk to his 57-year-old passenger, police said.
One person was killed Wednesday evening in a single-vehicle crash after leading Mansfield police on a high-speed chase that ended north of Shelby.
Three Mansfield police officers Sgt. Toneli Webb, Cameron Shepherd and Carson Frase have been placed on administrative leave, per department policy, pending the outcome of an investigation.
The driver killed in the crash was identified as Randy Heater, 37, of Mansfield, according to a news release Thursday morning from the Ohio Highway Patrol.
The incident began at 8:21 p.m. Wednesday when Mansfield police responded to a report of three men fighting, with a woman potentially being held against her will, in the area of 251 Sycamore St., according to a news release.