BURTON, Ohio — Two people are dead following a multi-car crash in Geauga County Monday afternoon.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, two vehicles were headed in opposite directions on State Route 168 in Burton Township. Around 2:31 p.m., a Pontiac G5 headed south apparently went left of center and slammed into a Subaru Forester headed north near State Route 700.
The driver of the Pontiac, 59-year-old John Saffer of Newbury, was killed instantly. The Subaru driver was identified as 63-year-old Burton resident Gustave G. Dasch Jr., and he died from his injuries at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center.
The incident remains under investigation, although authorities say alcohol does not appear to have played a role.
