18-year-old killed, 19-year-old seriously injured in Auglaize County crash

AUGLAIZE COUNTY — UPDATE @ 9:28 a.m.:

One person is dead after a crash in Auglaize County overnight.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers from the Wapakoneta post were dispatched just before 3 a.m. to the Eastbound U.S. 33 at Bay Road in Moulton Township on initial reports of an injury crash.

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An initial investigation showed that Ethan Brunswick, 18, of Celina, was traveling east on U.S. 33 in a Honda Accord and a 51-year-old Lima man was going north on Bay Road in a Kenworth tanker truck.

The tanker was turning left to travel onto U.S. 33 when its rear was hit by the Honda. After the impact, both occupants of the Honda were ejected from the car.

Brunswick died from his injuries on the scene.

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The passenger in the Honda, Gage Stein, 19, of Celina, was flown to an area hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the tanker, Shane Thomason, was not injured in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

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