Driver killed, another injured in Rt. 15 collision

2/6/2007

NEY, Ohio - A Defiance man was killed and a Ney woman was hurt in a two-vehicle, head-on collision yesterday on State Rt. 15 near here, about 60 miles west of Toledo, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Steven Reiner, 33,w was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. It occurred about 4:40 p.m. in Defiance County's Washington Township, troopers at the patrol's Defiance post said.

Mr. Reiner was in an eastbound lane about a mile south of Ney when his car went left of center and drifted into a westbound lane, where it collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle driven by Jeannie Hicks, 38, of Ney, troopers said.

Ms. Hicks was flown to Toledo Hospital, where she was in fair condition last night.