A Battalion Chief in the Youngstown Fire Department died Friday afternoon in an Ashtabula County motorcycle crash.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that Ronald Russo, 64, of Poland, died from his injuries after his motorcycle collided with a van at SR 45 and North Bend Road just before 1 p.m.
Russo was driving his motorcycle north on SR 45 when a Dodge Caravan, traveling west on North Bend Road by a 48-year-old Northfield woman, failed to yield at the stop sign and flashing lights. The van drove into the intersection, where the motorcycle hit it. Russo was wearing a helmet.