Fatal Crash

The Henry County Sheriff’s Office reports a one-vehicle crash early Sat­ur­day morn­ing left a Free­dom Town­ship man dead.

28 year old Kyle H. Altherr was killed in the crash on Town­ship Road T near Town­ship Road 15B at 6:12 a.m. Sat­ur­day when he lost con­trol on the ice-covered road­way.

Accord­ing to the Sheriff’s office, Altherr’s vehi­cle spun around, went off the road­way and hit a tree, then caught fire.

Altherr was trapped inside and had to be extri­cated from the vehi­cle by mechan­i­cal means.

He was pro­nounced dead at the scene.

Ridgeville Fire and EMS assisted at the scene.

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