For the fifth time this year, Wayne County highways have claimed a life in a "failure to yield" case.

The State Highway Patrol reports Dale Schaffter, 82, of West Salem was killed after the minivan he was driving was involved in a traffic wreck with a pickup truck. Schaffter was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident this morning on State Route 604 from Friendsville Road. The driver and a passenger in the pickup truck, which struck the minivan after Schaffter reportedly rolled through a stop sign. 

Alcohol was not a factor, OSHP reports. 

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(Ohio State Highway Patrol) The Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle traffic fatality on State Route 604 at Friendsville Road. The crash occurred approximately at 9:25 a.m.on July 26, 2016.

Dale C. Schaffter, 82, 7807 W. West Salem Road, West Salem, Ohio, was operating a 2000 Dodge Caravan minivan. Mr. Schaffter was wearing his safety belt at the time of the crash. Mr. Schaffter was transported to the Wooster Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Scott M. Frank, 34, 1365 S. Township Road 159, Tiffin, Ohio, was operating a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 pick­up truck. Mr. Frank was wearing his safety belt at the time of the crash. He was transported to the Lodi Hospital by Canaan Township Squad with minor injuries. He was treated and released.

Scott A. Woods, 46, 9351 Township Road 18, Carey, Ohio, was the front seat passenger in Mr. Frank’s vehicle. Mr. Woods was transported to the Lodi Hospital for minor injuries. He was treated and released.

Mr. Schaffter was was northbound on Friendsville Road. Mr. Franks was eastbound on State Route 604. Mr. Schaffter was observed rolling through the stop sign and turning east onto State Route 604. Mr. Franks struck Mr. Schaffter’s vehicle on the driver’s side door. Both vehicles came to rest in the ditch line on the north­east corner of State Route 604 and Friendsville Road.

Canaan Township Fire and EMS responded to the scene. Also on scene, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, Bear’s Towing and North End Garage. The crash remains under investigation.

Alcohol does not appear to be a factor. This is the seventh traffic fatality in Wayne County and the fifth traffic fatality involving a “failure to yield violation.”