The crash happened in the 6600 block of state Route 29 West when Brian Houpt, 42, of St. Paris was backing the 2006 Volvo tractor-trailer.
Roderick, who was driving a 1999 Honda Civic, was taken to Mercy Health-Urbana Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the sheriff’s office.
Houpt was not injured in the crash, which remains under investigation.
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