A woman is dead after she was struck with a machete while riding a motorcycle in Preble County. 41-year-old Leigha Huff of Middletown was pronounced dead on Aukerman Creek Road Sunday night following the attack which caused a severe laceration to her right leg. According to the Preble County Sheriff’s Department, Huff had been the passenger on a motorcycle that had been traveling past a home on Upper Somers Road near Camden. That’s exactly when 59-year-old Kenneth Brabant reportedly threw a machete down the driveway and ultimately, into Huff’s leg.  Brabant was part of an unrelated altercation that night involving his daughter and her motorcycle-riding ex boyfriend. At this point in the investigation it can only be assumed the machete was intended for the driver of the other bike and Huff’s drive-by was deathly unfortunate. Yesterday morning Brabant was formally charged in Eaton Municipal Court with two counts of Murder, two counts of Felonious Assault, and other charges.  The incident remains under investigation. 

photo credit: Preble County Sheriff