Car crash near Bellevue kills driver, injures passenger

9/11/2007

BELLEVUE, Ohio A driver was killed and a passenger was hurt this morning when their car crashed on State Rt. 18 just outside the city, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger was airlifted to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, a dispatcher at the patrol s Fremont post said. The names of the victims and the passenger s condition were not immediately available.

The accident occurred about 3:20 when the car went off the road and hit a ditch. The cause of the accident is under investigation, the dispatcher said.

Bellevue is about 15 miles southeast of Toledo.

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