RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, Ohio — A Delaware man died after being hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 71 in Richland County Monday afternoon.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the crash happened in the northbound lanes of I-71 in Perry Township around 2:30 p.m.
OSHP said 65-year-old James Covrett was outside of his vehicle changing a tire on the horse trailer he was hauling when the semi-truck traveled off the right side of the road, hitting Covrett and the trailer.
The semi continued across all three lanes and eventually came to a rest in the median.
Covrett was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in Covrett's vehicle and three horses inside the trailer were not injured. The driver of the semi was also not injured.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
