WOOSTER, Ohio (WJW) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating after a man was found dead in a crashed minivan Thursday afternoon.

According to troopers, at about 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 2, a passing motorist reported the vehicle in a ditch on Apple Creek Road, about one mile north of US Route 250.

First-responders arrived on scene to find a 2020 gray Chrysler Pacifica, which they said appeared to have traveled off the left side of the roadway and came to rest at the bottom of a small embankment.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as David Clay Wertz, 76, of Orrville.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a medical emergency may have played a role in the crash.

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