Authorities said pastor Carl Justice died after he was hit by a pickup truck while riding his bike.The crash happened around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday on Goshen Road just south of Stumpy Lane in Clermont County. "At first we thought it was a dog that had been hit, but then we realized it was an older man that had been hit,” said neighbor Beverly Bundy. According to crash investigators, a Loveland man was driving his 2016 Ford F-150 southbound on Goshen Road. At the same time, police said Carl Justice, 68, of Goshen, was riding his bicycle north in southbound lanes.Officials with the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the pickup truck driver attempted to go around the bicyclist, and traveled into the northbound lanes.Crash investigators said the bicyclist also somehow managed to travel into northbound lanes, but have not explained why. Justice was taken to Bethesda North Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Neighbors tell us Justice was a retired pastor. They described him as a good man. “They’re just nice people. Nice older people,” said Bundy.The driver of the pickup truck declined medical treatment at the scene. The crash remains under investigation. Butlerville Church of God will hold a vigil to remember Justice at 7 p.m. Wednesday night.

Authorities said pastor Carl Justice died after he was hit by a pickup truck while riding his bike.

The crash happened around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday on Goshen Road just south of Stumpy Lane in Clermont County.


"At first we thought it was a dog that had been hit, but then we realized it was an older man that had been hit,” said neighbor Beverly Bundy.

According to crash investigators, a Loveland man was driving his 2016 Ford F-150 southbound on Goshen Road. At the same time, police said Carl Justice, 68, of Goshen, was riding his bicycle north in southbound lanes.

Officials with the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the pickup truck driver attempted to go around the bicyclist, and traveled into the northbound lanes.

Crash investigators said the bicyclist also somehow managed to travel into northbound lanes, but have not explained why.

Justice was taken to Bethesda North Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Neighbors tell us Justice was a retired pastor. They described him as a good man.

“They’re just nice people. Nice older people,” said Bundy.

The driver of the pickup truck declined medical treatment at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

Butlerville Church of God will hold a vigil to remember Justice at 7 p.m. Wednesday night.