MORROW COUNTY, Ohio — An 81-year-old man is dead after crashing into a tractor hauling an implement in Morrow County Wednesday evening, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The crash happened at approximately 9:21 p.m. on Township Road 126, just south of Township Road 127. Robert Nichols was headed southbound in a GMC Envoy at the same time a 15-year-old driver, operating a Case IH tractor pulling an implement, was traveling northbound.
Troopers say Nichols traveled left of center and struck the implement. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead on the scene.
The 15-year-old was not injured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.