Pedestrian who was killed on state Route 5 identified

SOUTHINGTON

The Ohio State Highway Patrol's Southington Post has identified the man who was struck by a semi tractor trailer and died early Friday on state Route 5 just west of the Perkins Jones exit in Bazetta Township as Joshua L. Holmes, 39, of Farmdale.

The Highway Patrol also identified the driver of the tractor trailer as Kurt Yoder, 40, of Millersburg. No charges have been filed.

Other information on the crash was not available Monday morning, but officials said they expect to release additional information as the investigation progresses.

Holmes was crossing state Route 5 from south to north when he was struck in the right of two eastbound lanes, the highway patrol said in an earlier press release.

A 911 call was made at 6:22 a.m. Friday reporting the accident. A nurse on her way to work said she and an Ohio State Highway Patrolman saw the man on the roadway and stopped their vehicles.

The nurse held Holmes' hand and prayed for him, but Holmes died within a few minutes of her arrival, she told The Vindicator. The highway patrolman blocked traffic from getting too close to the accident, she said.