Wood County man killed in Perrysburg Township crash

9/21/2013

A 47-year-old Wood County driver was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Perrysburg Township on Saturday afternoon, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Mathew R. Paxton, was driving west on Dowling Road, west of State Rt. 199, when the car went off the right side of the road, striking a cement birdbath, bushes, and then a tree head-on, according to the patrol's Bowling Green post.

The crash occurred about 2:50 p.m.

Mr. Paxton is from the Weston area.