Hicksville driver dies from accident injuries

10/16/2009

DEFIANCE — A Hicksville, Ohio, man hurt in a traffic accident last month in Williams County has died, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Gregory Laney, 38, died Tuesday as a result of his injuries in Hospice Community Health Professionals of Defiance, troopers from the Defiance post said.

Mr. Laney was driving south on U.S. 127 in Pulaski Township at 11:15 p.m. Sept. 18 when his car went left of center, struck an oncoming vehicle, went into a ditch, and overturned. He was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle.