Holmesville, Ohio (WJER) - Holmes County Sheriff’s deputies say they are investigating a motorcycle crash that killed the operator and also involved a Dover woman. 

Deputies say 26-year-old Michael Rose of Lakeview Drive in Millersburg died after his motorcycle went left of center Saturday on State Route 39 in Hardy Township. His motorcycle crashed head-on with an SUV driven by 23-year-old Natasha Bleininger of Dover. 

Rose was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies say Bleininger and her 15-month-old child passenger did not show any visible injuries from the crash. 

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