
Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Marion County on Monday evening.
According to the Marion post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the two-vehicle crash occurred at about 4:38 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 23, near Linn-Hipsher Road.
Troopers say Betty Stone, 70, of Marion, was driving a 2005 Dodge Neon west on Linn-Hipsher road when she failed to yield for traffic traveling southbound on U.S. 23. Stone was attempting to cross the southbound lanes of U.S. 23 when her vehicle was struck in the passenger side by a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by Joseph Weiler, 77, of Bucyrus.
Weiler and his wife, Lois Weiler, 70, both sustained injuries in the crash and were transported to Marion General Hospital.
Stone was transported to Marion General Hospital where she later died, according to troopers.
The crash remains under investigation.