A head-on car collision left one dead Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Guadalupe and Clover Four roads in Marion Township.
Photo from Mercer County Sheriff's Office
MARION TOWNSHIP - A 22-year-old Maria Stein man was killed and a 24-year-old Chickasaw woman was airlifted with unknown injuries following a head-on collision Thursday afternoon south of Celina, per a news release from Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman.
Mercer County Central Dispatch received a 911 call at 12:43 p.m. of a traffic crash on Clover Four Road, east of Guadalupe Road in Marion Township, the release states.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Trent Pleiman was driving a 2013 silver Ford sedan, traveling east on Clover Four Road, the release states. Allison Bruggeman was traveling westbound in a 2019 red Jeep SUV. For an unknown reason, Pleiman traveled left of center into the opposite lane of travel, striking Bruggeman's vehicle head-on, the release stated.
Bruggeman was transported by ambulance to Mercer Health in Coldwater and airlifted by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton for further treatment. Pleiman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation at this time and will be forwarded to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office for review. This is the third fatal traffic crash in Mercer County for 2025.
Assisting at the scene were members of the Montezuma Fire Department, Coldwater Squads 7 and 10, Mercer County EMS first responders and Mercer County Emergency Response Volunteers.