A Paratransit van is towed away after it was involved in a two-car crash in Marion Township which killed a UTV driver on Friday, Jan. 16. The six passengers in the van received only minor injuries and were transported to Grove City Hospital. William Pitts/Butler Eagle

Authorities have identified the man killed in a crash between a utility-terrain vehicle and a paratransit van Friday, Jan. 16, on Boyers Road in Marion Township.

John Martino, 58, of Boyers, was the UTV driver killed in the crash, according to Butler County Coroner Korynne Young. Martino’s cause and manner of death were not immediately available.

The crash was reported just before 12:30 p.m. between the UTV and Ford van.

Both vehicles showed heavy damage and were towed away from the scene by 3 p.m.

“The six people that were in the paratransit van were taken to Grove City hospital,” said Doug Dick, chief of Superior Ambulance Service. “They were all minor (injuries).”

Boyers Road was closed from Harrisville Road to West Sunbury Road while emergency crews investigated the wreckage.

Martino was a member of St. Faustina Parish and the Boyers Sportsman’s Association, according to his obituary. He graduated from Moniteau High School in 1985 and later attended the New Castle School of Trades.

State police, the Marion Township Volunteer Fire Company and Harrisville Volunteer Fire Company also responded.

Emergency crews respond to the site of a two-vehicle crash on Boyers Road in Marion Township on Friday, Jan. 16. One driver was killed in the crash. William Pitts/Butler Eagle