FORT RECOVERY | Man, 33, Dies After Electric Bicycle Crash on West Butler Street

FORT RECOVERY, Ohio – A 33-year-old Fort Recovery man died late Wednesday, Nov. 11, after the electric bicycle he was riding left West Butler Street and he was thrown from it, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff Doug Timmerman said Mercer County Central Dispatch received a 911 call at 11:17 p.m. reporting an unconscious man lying in a yard in the 100 block of West Butler Street in the village.

The sheriff’s office identified the rider as Charles Binegar Jr., 33, of Fort Recovery. According to the release, Binegar was riding a black e-bicycle east on West Butler Street when, for reasons not yet known, it went off the left side of the road and struck a small utility box. The bicycle continued east onto the sidewalk and hit an elevated section of it, and Binegar was ejected.

Binegar was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff said.

The Southern Mercer County Joint Ambulance District, Mercer County First Responders and Mercer County Coroner Dr. Alyssa Tobe assisted deputies. The crash remains under investigation and will be forwarded to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office for review, the sheriff’s office said.

Sources: Mercer County Sheriff’s Office release as published by Mercer County Outlook, and WCSM Radio. The release was not found on the sheriff’s Nixle page when this was written.

Image is an illustration, not a photograph of the crash.