WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 61-year-old man is dead after a crash in Brown County Thursday evening.
In a release, Ohio State Highway Patrol said Claude E. Wright of Amelia was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash at the intersection of State Route 32 and Steinman Road in Washington Township.
A preliminary investigation found that Wright failed to stop at a stop sign while driving his Toyota Corolla north on Steinman Road at around 5:30 p.m. Thursday. His car was hit by a Prius traveling eastbound on S.R. 32. The Corolla, OSHP said, then traveled off the side of the road.
A 62-year-old passenger in Wright's car was taken to UC Medical Center with what officials called serious injuries. Neither Wright nor the passenger was wearing a seatbelt.
The driver of the Prius had minor injuries, OSHP said.
The crash remains under investigation by OSHP's Georgetown post.
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