SENECA TOWNSHIP, OH (MARION COUNTY NOW)—A 65-year-old man from Carey died Wednesday following a single-vehicle rollover crash in Seneca County, according to the Norwalk Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported at 11:57 a.m. on New Year’s Eve on County Road 6, west of County Road 47.
Investigating troopers said Arthur Fleck was traveling westbound in a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pulling a Kerr-Bilt trailer when the vehicle traveled off the left side of the road. The truck subsequently overturned and struck a utility pole.
Fleck, who was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The crash necessitated the closure of County Road 6 in both directions for approximately two hours while crews cleared the wreckage and debris.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, New Riegel Fire Department, Seneca County EMS, the Seneca County Coroner’s Office, and Reinhart Towing.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.