WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – An Orrville man died in a crash Tuesday afternoon when the pickup truck he was in crashed into a parked semi.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on US-30 and Kohler Road in Sugar Creek Towship.

According to troopers, the driver of the semi stopped to turn left onto Kohler Road when he was rear-ended by a driver traveling east on US-30.

The driver of the pickup, a 45-year-old Massillon man, had to be extricated from the vehicle and airlifted to Akron General Hospital.

Police said he had “incapacitating” injuries.

His passenger, 41-year-old Adam Sartin, was killed.

Police added that neither man was wearing a seat belt.

The driver of the semi was not injured and the accident remains under investigation.

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