AUGLAIZE COUNTY — The two 18-year-old men killed in a fiery crash on Labor Day have been identified.
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Carter Dirksen and Connor Collins, both of Minster, were identified on Thursday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
As previously reported, the pair was killed in a crash on State Route 362 near Milepost 1 in Auglaize County on Monday morning.
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An initial investigation indicated that a 2017 BMW 300, driven by Dirksen, was going north on SR 362 when it failed to negotiate a turn.
The BMW went off the right side of the road and hit a tree before catching fire.
The crash remains under investigation.
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