A motorcyclist has died after he crashed into the side of a tractor in Lewis Township, Ohio, on Tuesday night.It happened around 8:35 p.m. in the 7000 block of Love Road, the Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.Investigators said the motorcyclist, identified as 56-year-old Ricky Laws, was traveling northbound on Love Road when he struck the side of a tractor that was in the road for a fallen tree.Laws was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene of the crash.The driver of the tractor was also thrown from the vehicle and was taken to Mount Orab Mercy Hospital with minor injuries.An investigation into the crash by the Ohio State Highway Patrol is ongoing.

A motorcyclist has died after he crashed into the side of a tractor in Lewis Township, Ohio, on Tuesday night.

It happened around 8:35 p.m. in the 7000 block of Love Road, the Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

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Investigators said the motorcyclist, identified as 56-year-old Ricky Laws, was traveling northbound on Love Road when he struck the side of a tractor that was in the road for a fallen tree.

Laws was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the tractor was also thrown from the vehicle and was taken to Mount Orab Mercy Hospital with minor injuries.

An investigation into the crash by the Ohio State Highway Patrol is ongoing.