Mansfield man killed in Richland County car crash: OSHP

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating after a Mansfield man was killed in a car crash in Richland County on Tuesday.

The accident occurred around 3:40 p.m. on Bowman Street Road at Amoy West Road in Franklin Township.

According to highway patrol, a 1986 Pontiac Fiero traveling east on Amoy West Road failed to obey a stop sign and was struck by a 2021 Jeep Wrangler, causing it to run off the right side of the road.

The Pontiac driver, 73-year-old Joseph Crose of Mansfield, was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is unclear whether the Jeep driver, an 18-year-old woman from Mansfield, was injured in the accident.

The fatal accident is currently still under investigation.