DALTON, OH : 66-year-old Orrville man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on April, Tuesday 18th 2017

An investigation is continuing into a three-vehicle crash that killed a 66-year-old Orrville man on U.S. Route 30 just west of the Stark-Wayne county line.

Larry Pauli was driving a Ford F-150 pickup Tuesday morning west on U.S. Route 30 when his vehicle was struck in the rear by a Volvo tractor-trailer, which also was westbound on the highway. The 39-year-old driver, from Athens County, was not able to stop the tractor-trailer in time, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.

The impact forced Pauli’s truck into the rear of another westbound Volvo tractor-trailer. The pickup truck that Pauli was driving caught on fire. Pauli was dead at the scene, according to the state patrol.

The 39-year-old tractor-trailer driver was transported to Aultman-Dunlap Hospital in Orrville with non-incapacitating injuries. The other tractor-trailer driver not injured. The crash, which was in Wayne County’s Sugar Creek Township, remains under investigation.

Alcohol was not believed to be factor in the crash. Charges are possible.

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66-year-old Orrville man was killed in a three-vehicle crash