PAULDING, OHIO (WANE) — The Van Wert post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened in Paulding County on Monday. According to police, 12-year-old Ross Meyers was riding his bicycle on County Road 103, south of County Road 142 in the early afternoon.

Cynthia Switzer was also driving south, and failed to give Meyers space on the road, and struck him on the rear of the bike, according to police.

Meyers was thrown from the bicycle and pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.