FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio (WSYX) — A 23-year-old man died and two others were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 33 Sunday evening.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers responded at 6:15 p.m. near U.S. 22 in Hocking Township.
Troopers said a 2016 GMC Terrain traveling eastbound went off the right side, overcorrected, crossed left, overturned into westbound lanes, and struck a 2025 Chevrolet Trax. The GMC caught fire.
Authorities said the Trax driver, Cameron Lyon, 23, of Caledonia, was treated at the scene, then taken by Hocking Township EMS to Fairfield Medical Center, where he died a short time later.
A Trax passenger, Abrielle Kerns, 23, of Lancaster, was taken by Berne Township EMS to Mount Carmel East Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the patrol.
The GMC driver, Alvaro Uriber, 33, of Columbus, was taken by Lancaster EMS to Fairfield Medical Center with minor injuries, authorities said.
The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.