The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports two men died in a crash on US35 in Ross County Friday.
At about 9pm, 43-year-old Timothy J. Hise of Chillicothe was eastbound on US 35 in a 2014 Ford F-150. 59-year-old Barry R. Cooper of Columbus was a passenger.
Hice’s truck crossed the median and overturned on the north side of the westbound lanes of US 35. Both men were ejected. Hice was transported to Adena Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, and Cooper was pronounced dead at the scene by Green Township EMS.
The Ross County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson Township Fire and EMS, Liberty Township Fire and EMS and Green Township EMS assisted on the scene.
The crash remains under investigation