A 2-year-old boy is dead after authorities said he ran onto a highway and was hit by a three-wheeled motorcycle.

According to the Chillicothe Gazette, the incident occurred about noon Wednesday on U.S. 50 in Chillicothe, the Ohio State Patrol said.

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Police said the toddler ran onto the highway in front of motorcyclist Darrell R. Ankrom, 69, of Washington Court House.

Ankrom's 2015 Harley-Davidson struck the boy, who was taken to a nearby hospital and died. Ankrom was not hurt, the Gazette reported.

Police are still investigating the crash. No further information was immediately available.

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