Daniel Vance, 37, of Sardinia, Ohio, was killed Sunday night after his 1973 Plymouth Duster crossed the center line on State Route 138 in Hamer Township and struck two vehicles, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The crash happened at approximately 8:49 p.m. in Highland County. Vance was traveling southwest when his Plymouth went left of the center line and collided with a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado and a 2004 Dodge Dakota.
Both of those vehicles were being driven by 17-year-old males, investigators said. The impact then set off another collision involving a fourth vehicle, a 2019 Ford Ranger that was also traveling southwest on State Route 138.
The Ford Ranger struck the Dodge Dakota after the initial crash. What started with one vehicle crossing the center line quickly became a four-vehicle collision on the highway.
Vance was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the teenage drivers and the 20-year-old driver of the Ford Ranger suffered minor injuries and were treated for them.
Authorities have not released a reason for why Vance’s vehicle crossed the center line. The Ohio State Highway Patrol continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
The details are still being pieced together, but the outcome is already clear. One person lost his life, two others were hurt, and several families were suddenly pulled into a serious highway crash that no one expected when they got behind the wheel that evening.
Investigators will now have to determine what happened before the Plymouth moved across the center line. Until that work is complete, the cause of the crash remains unknown.
The incident happened on State Route 138 in Hamer Township, an area of Highland County where Sunday night’s traffic was interrupted by a collision involving four vehicles. For Vance’s family, the investigation can only answer what happened on the road. It cannot undo the loss left behind.
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