Bucyrus Man Killed After Semi Strikes Parked Vehicles, House in Marion
MARION, Ohio — A Bucyrus man died Thursday morning after the tractor-trailer he was driving struck three parked vehicles, two utility poles and a house before overturning in Marion, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The crash happened at approximately 10:40 a.m. October 22 on South State Street near Gurley Avenue.
Troopers said Thomas A. Brown, 41, was driving a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia north on South State Street when it struck a 2023 Jeep Cherokee, a 2012 Dodge Caravan and a 2006 BMW 520. All three vehicles were parked along the east side of the road.
The tractor-trailer then went off the right side of the roadway, striking two utility poles, an embankment and a house before overturning.
Brown died at the scene. According to the patrol, he was not wearing a seat belt.
The Marion Police Department, Marion Fire Department, Marion Sanitation and Streets Department, Ed’s 24-Hour Service, Ron’s Towing, Precision Auto Repair & Towing, FirstEnergy’s Ohio Edison and the Marion County Coroner’s Office assisted at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation by the patrol’s Marion Post.
