A 69-year-old Findlay man died after being struck by a vehicle while waking across I-75 in Portage Township in Wood County Tuesday evening.
The Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol was called to the scene at 6:57 p.m.
The incident occurred on I-75 in the northbound lane near milepost 174.
Leroy Newson, 34, of Detroit, was operating a 2023 Toyota Camry on I-75 in the middle lane. Daniel Soloman, 69, of Findlay was walking across the highway from the east to the west.
Newson struck Soloman with his vehicle in the middle lane.
Soloman was pronounced dead on scene by Central Joint Fire and Rescue.
Newson was not injured.
In an update provided later Wednesday, the state patrol reported that Soloman had parked his vehicle on the right shoulder on I-75. He then attempted to cross the interstate to the left shoulder where a family member’s vehicle, which had been in a crash that occurred earlier that morning, was located . Soloman was returning to the scene to retrieve the vehicle.
Troopers were assisted on scene by Mid-County Emergency Medical Services, Central Joint Fire and Rescue, Ohio Department of Transportation and BG Towing Company.
The crash remains under investigation.
