Driver dies after head-on crash with tractor-trailer in Wayne County
CANAAN TWP. – One driver was killed and another injured after a head-on collision Tuesday on state Route 83.
The crash occurred just before 4 p.m. north of Britton Road, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
According to the agency's news release:
A 2015 Freightliner Cascadia semitractor-trailer was heading south on Route 83 when a 2011 Audi heading north crossed the center line and collided head-on with the semitrailer. Both vehicles went off the west side of the road.
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The Audi driver, 66-year-old Harry D. Hall, of Medina, was killed.
The Freightliner driver, a 41-year-old Litchfield resident, was taken to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Lodi Hospital by Canaan Township Fire Department with injuries described as not life-threatening.
The Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation but said alcohol did not seem to be a factor in the crash. Both drivers were wearing seat belts.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: One dead, one injured in head-on crash in Canaan Township
