EAST UNION, Ohio — A 76-year-old man is dead after his car went off a road and crashed into a ditch in Wayne County Thursday afternoon.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a gray Chrysler Pacifica drove off the left side of Apple Creek Road in East Union Township and finally stopped at the bottom of an embankment around 2:15 p.m. The driver, identified as Orrville native David Wertz, was found dead inside the vehicle.

"A medical emergency may have played a role in the crash," OSHP said in its press release.

The incident remains under investigation. Along with the highway patrol, members of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the combined Apple Creek, East Union Township Fire Department responded to the scene.

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