MANSFIELD, Ohio – A fatal crash that occurred Saturday, June 6 at 8:10 p.m. on state Route 13 and state Route 603 in Blooming Grove Township is currently under investigation by the Mansfield post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The crash involved a 2003 Ford F-150 driven by Billy Collins, 46, of Willard and a 2007 Pontiac G6 driven by Karl Kinstle, 72 of Greenwich, a press release states.
According to the release, the Ford was traveling west on state Route 603 and the Pontiac was traveling south on state Route 13. The Ford failed to stop at a posted stop sign and struck the Pontiac on the driver’s side. After impact, both vehicles went off the west edge of state Route 13. The Pontiac then struck a tree and the Ford struck a stop sign.
Patrol said Kinstle died as a result of the crash.
A 69-year-old female passenger in the Pontiac was flown from the scene to Akron City Hospital. The driver of the Ford, along with a 46-year-old female passenger and three-year-old male passenger were transported to OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the release says.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Shiloh Fire Department, Ohio Department of Transportation and Richland County Coroner’s Office.
The crash remains under investigation.
