CLEVELAND — A 20-year-old Richland County Highway Department employee died after he was hit by a car while doing maintenance work in Franklin Township on Wednesday, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Trenton Gallaway was standing outside of a highway department vehicle as workers performed road work along Bowman Street Road between Myers Road and Amoy West Road Wednesday afternoon, the highway patrol said in a release. Just before 2:30 p.m., the Lucas resident was struck by a Nissan Rogue. According to troopers, the driver of the Nissan, a 43-year-old Shelby woman, was attempting to pass the workers on the left.
Gallaway was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The OSHP's Mansfield post is investigating the crash.