PUTNAM COUNTY, Ohio (WLIO) - One person is dead and another seriously injured after a two vehicle crash in Putnam County Wednesday morning.
The Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says that the crash happened around 6:30 AM on State Route 15, near milepost 4 in Monroe Rownship. 33-year-old Dannie Davis IV of Lima was headed west on 15 while 25-year-old Ethan Khandaker of Bryan was traveling east. Troopers say that Davis traveled left of center and struck Khandaker's car.
Davis was pronounced dead at the scene. Khandaker was sent to Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital with serious injuries.
Drugs are suspected as a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
