LUCAS – The Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on June 24 at approximately 6:22 p.m. on Mansfield Lucas Road at Rummel Road in Monroe Township.
The preliminary investigation shows a 1998 Ford Mustang, driven by Damon Mauk, 18, Lucas, was traveling southeast on Mansfield Lucas Road when Mauk lost control, traveled off the right side of the road, and struck a sign and a tree.
Mauk was transported to the Ohio Health Mansfield Hospital by ground ambulance where he succumbed to fatal injuries.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by the the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, and Monroe Township Fire and EMS.