A Chillicothe is man is dead as the result of a head-on crash that occurred Monday morning along Veterans Parkway.
According to the Chillicothe Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 56-year-old Karl F. Brown, 56, of Chillicothe, was pronounced deceased at the scene after his southbound Chevy Spark crossed the center divide of Veterans Parkway and collided head-on with a northbound semi-truck operated by William L. Odel, 55, of Chillicothe.
The crash took place around 7:15 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Anderson Station Road. Following the collision, the Peterbilt semi overturned in a ditch off the side of the roadway. Mr. Odel sustained minor injuries in the wreck and was treated at the scene.
The State Patrol also reports an injury crash from Monday along State Route 28 in Ross County. This was a single-vehicle crash that took place shortly after 2:00 p.m. Monday afternoon when an eastbound Chevy Cavalier, operated by Jerald Williams, 53, of Frankfort, veered off the left side of Route 28 and collided with a couple of trees. Williams was first taken to Adena Regional in Chillicothe but was later flown to Grant Medical in Columbus.