HOWLAND TOWNSHIP, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a Niles man died in a two vehicle crash on a snow covered highway early Friday.

According to the patrol, 54-year-old Robert Jakubec Jr. was traveling eastbound on State Route 82 near the North River Road overpass when he was struck, nearly head on, by a 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by Kevin Miller II of Warren at around 1 a.m.

Troopers said Miller lost control on the snow-covered roadway.

Jakubec was taken to the hospital where he died of his injuries.

Miller was not seriously injured..