FAYETTE COUNTY, Ohio — A man was killed near Bloomingburg Tuesday evening in a car crash.
According to Fayette County Sheriff Vernon Stanforth, Matthew Anders, 51, Bloomingburg, was driving on White Oak Road at around 4:30 p.m. when he pulled over to check his cellphone, deputies said.
That’s when Paul Grafstrom, 76, also from Bloomingburg, hit the rear of the truck. Following the crash, Anders’ vehicle was forced off the road and Grafstrom’s vehicle overturned in the middle of White Oak Road. Grafstrom was entrapped in his vehicle and was extricated, but succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Anders was not seriously injured.