HANCOCK COUNTY, Ohio — A 23-year-old from Findlay died in a crash Monday evening after their vehicle was struck by a train in southern Hancock County.
Eden Lasley was driving a Ford Fiesta westbound on Township Road 150 about 15 miles south of Findlay in Madison Township around 7:15 p.m. when they failed to stop at a railroad crossing near U.S. 68, according to a press release on Tuesday from the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
A train struck Lasley's vehicle at the crossing and Lasley's vehicle overturned and came to rest in a field.
Lasley was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the sheriff's office said.
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