OH Man Jerry Baldinger ID’d As Victim In Wednesday Martel Fiery Fatal Lawn Mower-VS-Vehicle Collision

MARION COUNTY, OH. (THECOUNT) — Jerry Baldinger, of Caledonia, Ohio, has been identified as the victim in a Wednesday fatal lawn mower vehicle crash in Marion County.

Baldinger, 61, was killed in a fiery two-vehicle collision near Caledonia On Wednesday.

According to reports, Baldinger was operating a John Deere lawn mower near his home in the 8000 block of Marseilles-Galion Rd E, when the mower came into contact with a passenger vehicle, operated by 72-year-old David Burns, of Marion.

Following the impact, both vehicle burst into in flames.

Baldinger was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of thermal and blunt force trauma injuries.

Burns was treated for minor injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 66,501. Its county seat is Marion. The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1824. It is named for General Francis “The Swamp Fox” Marion, a South Carolinian officer in the Revolutionary War – Wikipedia.