2nd man hurt in Oct. 2 crash dies

10/16/2002

A 43-year-old Toledo man died Monday in Toledo Hospital of head injuries from an Oct. 2 car accident in Sylvania Township, authorities said.

Bret Mininger, 43, of 6031 Harvest Lane, died at 5:18 p.m., the Lucas County Coroner's Office said.

Mr. Mininger was driving on Alexis Road at Whiteford Road when his car left the road and hit a utility pole, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

A passenger, Jeffrey Postema, 24, of Defiance, died in Flower Hospital shortly after the accident. Troopers said both men had been thrown from the vehicle.