OTTAWA COUNTY, Ohio — The driver in a wrong way crash in Ottawa County Friday morning has died.
It happened around 7:20 a.m., according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office on Chicago Drive at Cottonwood in Georgetown Township.
The sheriff's office says 88-year-old Leslie Snider, of Jension, was driving a Toyota Sienna west in the eastbound lane of Chicago Drive. A 27-year-old Grand Rapids driving a Honda CRV was eastbound on Chicago Drive just east of Cottonwood.
Snider struck the Honda CRV head-on.
The sheriff's office said it's not yet known why Snider was driving into oncoming traffic. He was pinned his vehicle and had to be extricated by Georgetown Township Fire. He was transported to the hospital with critical injuries. The sheriff's office said he died late Friday morning as a result of the injuries he sustained in the crash.
The driver of the Honda CRV was also injured and was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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