A volunteer firefighter was involved in a crash that killed a person and injured another Friday night while en route to a fire that leveled a bowling center in this Ottawa County village, authorities said.

Timothy Johnson, 41, of Oak Harbor, a volunteer with the Portage Fire District in Oak Harbor, was in critical condition at University of Toledo Medical Center on Saturday after his personal pickup truck collided with another car, according to the Sandusky post of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Killed in the accident was Ian Hoffman, 24, of Elmore. He was the passenger in a car driven by Olivia Duty, 20, of Woodville.

Ms. Duty sustained incapacitating injuries in the crash and was taken by St. Vincent's Life Flight to Toledo Medical Center, the patrol reported. Her condition was unavailable.

Mr. Johnson was driving a 2004 GMC Sierra pickup, his personal vehicle, northbound on State Route 19 at 11 p.m. Friday in response to a call for mutual aid in battling a fire at Clay Center Recreation, while Ms. Duty was westbound on Oak Harbor South East Road in a 1999 Mazda Protege sedan.

Ms. Duty stopped at a stop sign at State Route 19, traveled north on 19 for a few hundred feet, then attempted to turn west onto Portage River South Road when Mr. Johnson's vehicle struck the left rear corner of her vehicle, the patrol reported.

Ms. Duty's car traveled off the northwest corner of the intersection and came to rest in a field. Mr. Johnson's pickup traveled off the same corner and struck a tree.

No one in either vehicle was wearing seatbelts, the patrol reported.

The airbags in Mr. Johnson's pickup deployed but those in Ms. Duty's car did not. Both vehicles received severe damage and were towed from the scene, according to the patrol.

The accident remains under investigation. No citations have been issued.

Little but rubbles remained Saturday morning of the bowling alley at 316 Main St. following the evening blaze that was reported about 10:20 p.m.

Authorities said every fire department from Ottawa County, as well as some from Lucas, Sandusky, and Wood counties, helped to fight the fire.

Clay Center is about 12 miles southeast of Toledo.