Sheriff's office identifies driver who died in crash Monday on Ridge Highway

MACON TWP. — A man from Adrian died Monday in a head-on crash on Ridge Highway.

Lenawee County sheriff's deputies were dispatched at 8:23 a.m. to the crash on Ridge Highway north of Pennington Road and found a northbound vehicle had struck a southbound vehicle, a news release from the sheriff's office said.

The drivers were the only occupants of the vehicles. The driver of the southbound automobile, Patrick Murray, 42, of Adrian, was pronounced dead at the scene. The northbound driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the release said.

The northbound driver is from the Romulus area, the release said. Deputies have not released his name.

The Ridgeway Township Fire Department also responded to the scene. The Lenawee County Accident Investigation Team is conducting the investigation.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Driver dies in crash Monday on Ridge Highway