Patrol Investigates Fatal Crash Involving Commercial Vehicle and Pick-Up Truck

Patrol Investigates Fatal Crash Involving Commercial Vehicle and Pick-Up Truck

 

Sugar Creek Township – On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at approximately 2:38 PM, the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was advised of a two-vehicle injury crash involving a pick-up truck and a commercial semi-truck on US-30 at the intersection with Kohler Road in Wayne County. 

A 2024 International semi-truck, operated by 34-year-old Issai Capetillo of Pleasantville, New Jersey, was traveling east on US-30.  Mr. Capetillo had stopped to make a left turn onto Kohler Road when he was struck in the rear by a 1999 Toyota Tacoma pickup operated by 45-year-old Robert Burr of Massillon, Ohio.

Mr. Burr was extricated by mechanical means and taken by Life-Flight to Akron General Hospital with serious injuries.  Adam Sartin, age 41, of Orrville, Ohio, was the right front passenger in the pickup truck and sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash.  Mr. Capetillo was uninjured in the crash.

US 30 was closed for approximately 2 hours while the crash scene was being investigated. Neither the driver nor passenger of the Toyota pick-up were wearing safety belts. The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on-scene by the Dalton Police Department, Kidron Fire Department, Wayne County Coroner’s Office, the Ohio Department of Transportation, and Rigz Towing. 

The crash remains under investigation at this time.

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