One person was killed in a crash on a major highway in Ohio on Tuesday evening.
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Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Troopers from the Wilmington Post responded to a two-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 71 near US-68 in Clinton County just after 6 p.m., an OSHP spokesperson said.
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A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2017 Subaru Legacy was traveling south on I-71 when it struck a 2022 Ram pickup. The impact forced the truck to the right and the Subaru into the median.
Medics transported the driver of the Subaru, Loren Schorr, 21, and passenger Makell Rijnhart, 18, to Clinton Memorial Hospital. Rijnhart later died in hospital, the spokesperson said.
No one from the pickup truck was injured.
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, Wilmington Fire and EMS and Port William EMS provided mutual aid.
The crash is still under investigation.
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