VAN WERT, Ohio - A 15-year-old Delphos, Ohio, youth was killed yesterday when his moped collided with a Van Wert man's tractor-trailer at Converse-Roselm and Gerdeman roads in Van Wert County, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Troy D. Reindel died in the crash, which was reported at 7:15 a.m., Van Wert post troopers said. Steven Bockey, 60, was driving north on Converse-Roselm when the teen exited a private driveway into the path of the truck.

First Published August 9, 2003, 4:31 a.m.