Circleville, Ohio — A Wyandot County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a traffic crash Thursday morning in Pickaway County.
Deputy Daniel J. Kin, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, died following the crash at the intersection of State Route 56 and State Route 104 around 11:05 a.m., according to a press release from the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies arrived on the scene and discovered that a 2010 black Dodge Ram, driven by Steven S. Short, of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, was traveling eastbound on State Route 56 and had collided with a 2018 Dodge Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office transport van, driven by Deputy Kin, which was traveling northbound on State Route 104.
Steven Short was transported to Grant Medical Center and is in stable condition. There was a four-year-old female passenger in the Dodge Ram that was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
The inmate in the transport van was taken to Ohio Health Berger Hospital and is still in custody. Deputy Kin was flown to Grant Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.