Update: 10:37

Officials believe alcohol may have played a factor in a Tuesday night motorocylce accident that landed two people in the hospital.

The crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday on State Route 821.

Officials with the Ohio Highway Patrol say 48-year- old Jack Lightfritz Junior of Waterford drove his motorcycle off the road, overturned, and hit a ditch.

The impact caused Lightfritz and his passenger 39-year-old Delma Farmer of Lowell to be thrown from the motorcycle.

Both people were taken the hospital.

Lightfritz is listed in fair condition at Marietta Memorial Hospital Wednesday afternoon.

Farmer was taken to Grant Medical Center in Columbus.

Her condition is unknown.

Officials say neither person was wearing a helmet and alcohol may have played a factor.

The accident remains under investigation.

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Two people remain in the hospital Wednesday morning after a motorcycle accident just outside of Marietta Tuesday night.

It happened shortly after 9 p.m. on State Route 821.

Ohio Highway Patrol Sergeant Matt Boyd says 48-year-old Jack Lightfritz Jr. of Waterford drove his motorcycle off the road, overturned, and hit a ditch.

Sergeant Boyd says Lightfritz and his passenger 39-year-old Delma Farmer of Lowell were thrown from the motorcycle.

Officials say alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor in the crash.

Authorities say the riders were not wearing helmets.

They were both taken the hospital.

Lightfritz is still under evaluation at Marietta Memorial Hospital.

Farmer is still under evaluation at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.

The accident remains under investigation.

Fearing and Salem Volunteer Fire Departments also responded to the scene.