PERRY TOWNSHIP – An Illinois man was killed after a one-vehicle crash in Perry Township of Richland County after a one-car fatal crash that occurred on Interstate 71 in Perry Township in Richland County, according to a Friday night press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
When first responders arrived, the driver, Mark Ricketts, 67, of Decatur, Illinois, was unresponsive. He was transported to Ohio Health Mansfield where he was pronounced dead.
The crash occurred when a blue 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe traveling southbound on I-71 traveled off the right side of the road striking an embankment and guardrail before coming to rest, the Patrol stated.
Troy Township Fire and EMS and Shelly Smith Towing assisted at the scene. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected as contributing factors in the crash. The driver was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.
