North Baltimore man dies in single-car crash

6/14/2010

NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — An 88-year-old North Baltimore man was pronounced dead at the scene early Sunday morning after a one-car crash in southern Wood County, about 1 miles north of North Baltimore, according to troopers at the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Bowling Green post.

Clyde A. Bassett was driving north on North Baltimore Road in Henry Township between 6:30 and 9 a.m. when he failed to stop for a stop sign and went through the T-intersection of Oil Center Road, striking a traffic sign and several trees, according to the patrol. Mr. Bassett was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.