MT. ORAB, Ohio — A person has died after a multiple-vehicle crash in Brown County, according to the Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
OSHP said the crash happened at around 5:55 a.m. Tuesday morning on SR-32 at the intersection of Eastwood Road in Sterling Township.
Troopers said the preliminary investigation shows 50-year-old Mark O'Roark, from Mount Orab, was driving a Hyundai Elantra east on SR-32 when he crashed into a vehicle stopped at the intersection of Eastwood Road.
That vehicle, a Chevrolet Camaro, was then pushed into the intersection, where it hit a Jeep Wrangler that was traveling north on Eastwood Road.
O'Roark was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, OSHP said. A passenger in his vehicle, a 34-year-old woman, was seriously injured and was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
The driver of the Camaro was also taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the Jeep refused medical treatment at the scene of the crash.
OSHP said neither O'Roark nor his passenger were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
