Third and Fourth Fatal Crashes this Week
Erie, Springboro – Two more fatal traffic incidents happened on Wednesday this week in Crawford and Erie County; both involved out-of-control motorcycles. According to crash scene investigators, 52-year-old Anthony Culver of Erie was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle while passing traffic from the right westbound lane of Interstate 90, when he moved into the proper passing lane he lost control and collided with several guardrails. He was declared dead at the scene and I-90 West was closed for several hours.
Roger Hatch (66) of Conneaut Ohio died at a trauma center in Erie on Thursday morning. He lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a utility pole along the side of State Highway 198 near Springboro in Crawford County Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Hatch was conscious and cognizant, and able to tell police what happened before he was transported to UPMC Hamot, unfortunately, he suffered major trauma to his lower torso and died at about 2:30 Thursday morning.

Judge Denies Major Defense Motion in Bowers Trial
Pittsburgh – The judge presiding over the sentencing of convicted Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter Robert Bowers has refused his defense attorney’s request to exhume the body of Bowers’s father Randall. The defense is attempting to prove that Bowers is mentally unfit for the death penalty; Randall Bowers was diagnosed with Schizophrenia before he committed suicide and the defense wanted to exhume his body in an attempt to prove it was inherited by his son. In mid-June, Bowers was convicted of 63 charges including the murder of 11 people and hate crimes for the October 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue attack.