69-year-old man dies in Mercer County crash

One person died in a crash on U.S. Route 33 near the Mercer -Van Wert County Line, according to a release from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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David Kimmel, 69, of Rockford, Ohio, died after his 2002 Buick Rendezvous rolled over while he was travelling west on U.S. Route 33 at around 9:20 a.m. Sunday.

Officials say he went left of center and then drove off the right side of the road after he over corrected.

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Kimmel was thrown from the vehicle, taken to Van Wert County Hospital and later flown to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he died.

He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.