Stark County man dies in head-on crash in Wayne County

A 72-year-old man from Lake Township died at the scene of a two-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon on state Route 241 in southeastern Wayne County just west of Brewster, according to a news release from the state Highway Patrol.

Rand Luckner was pronounced dead by the Wayne County Coroner's office after the crash that took place at about 4:13 p.m. in Paint Township. His passenger, Laura Luckner, 73, of the same Stark County address, was taken to Aultman Hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, the release states

The driver of the other vehicle, Charles Samples, 32, of Uhrichsville in Tuscarawas County, fled the crash scene and was taken into custody at 6:22 p.m., according to the release. He was taken to Wooster Community Hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening injuries.

How did the Wayne County crash happen?

Samples was driving a 2011 Ford F-350 south on Route 241. Rand Luckner was driving a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe north on 241. Samples went left of the center line, according to the release, and collided with Luckner's vehicle head-on. Luckner's vehicle went off the right side of the road and overturned into a ditch.

According to the patrol, alcohol appears to have played a role in the crash, which remains under investigation.

Both Samples and Rand Luckner were wearing their seat belts at the time of the collision.

In addition to the Wayne County Coroner's office and Highway Patrol, Kidron EMS and Fire, Accelerated Towing and Patriot Towing responded.

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This article originally appeared on The Repository: Patrol: Head-on hit-skip crash in Wayne County kills Stark driver