(7-10-23) A Hicksville, Ohio man, Jose M. Carrillo-Cabanzo (24) died early Monday morning after the car he was a passenger in collided head-on with a semi on U.S. 24 in Defiance.

The crash took place just after 12:15 a.m. in the westbound lanes of U.S. 24 west of Baltimore Road.

Brayan Cabanzo-Cano, (21) of Hicksville was driving east in the westbound lanes when his Chevy Cruze hit a semi. The collision caused both vehicles to go into a ditch. The The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol i believes that Cabanzo-Cano had been drinking.

Cabanzo-Cano was taken by ambulance to a medical facility in Defiance before he was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Toledo. His passenger, Jose M. Carrillo-Cabanzo was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash forced the closure of the westbound lanes of U.S. 24 for several hours.