BRYAN — A Walbridge man was seriously injured Friday in a three-vehicle crash that killed a Michigan man.
The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash that occurred at 10:32 a.m. on U.S. 6 near County Road 8 in Williams County.
A Walbridge man was taken by air ambulance to a Fort Wayne, Indiana, hospital with serious injuires.
The preliminary investigation shows a semi-tractor-trailer combination, operated by Timothy Morgan, 42, Walbridge, was driving eastbound on Route 6 and drove left of center, sideswiping a Freightliner semi-tractor-trailer combination, operated by Luis Arturo Oliver-Ruiz Lerida, 45, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Morgan’s vehicle then struck a semi-tractor-trailer combination, operated by Tony Sandhal, 54, Osseo, Michigan, head on.
After the crash occurred, the vehicles operated by Morgan and Sandhal caught fire.
Sandhal died at the scene.
Morgan was taken by air ambulance with serious injuries to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Ruiz was not injured.
Vehicle make and model information of the two vehicles that caught fire were unknown Friday.
Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Bryan Fire Department, Edgerton Fire Department, Williams County Sheriff’s Office, Williams County Emergency Medical Services, Montpelier Fire Department, Florence Township Fire Department, Hicksville Fire Department, Williams County Coroner’s Office, John’s Towing and Repair Service, and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The road was closed for approximately 10 hours.
The crash remains under investigation and no charges had been filed as of Friday.
