Man killed in crash on Ohio Turnpike

LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio — A man is dead after a crash on the Ohio Turnpike early Thursday morning. 

The crash happened on the turnpike near milepost 62 in Lucas County around 12:45 a.m. 

In a press release given to WTOL 11, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said 55-year-old Charles Miller II, of Texas, was driving west on the turnpike when he went off the side of the road and hit an embankment and small trees. 

Troopers said Miller was not wearing a seat belt. 

He was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.