R.I.P.: Ohio DJ Dan 'Foz' Fazio, Killed in Wrong-Way Crash

Dan Fazio

A wrong-way driver slammed head-on into another vehicle, killing both men behind the wheel. The victim, headed home from a gig, was also a popular radio DJ in Northeast Ohio for decades.

Country and rock listener, have heard the name DJ Dan “Foz” Fazio, a fixture on the radio in Cleveland and Akron.

“It’s tragic, we’re all so shocked around the station, but he just had this incredible smile and personality that not only lit up the radio, but he would come and visit and he would just light up the whole station,” said Sarah Kay, programming director and morning co-host at WMQX-FM in Akron.

Fox 8 reports 47-year old Fazio was traveling southbound on Interstate 271 when he was struck by a vehicle driving the wrong direction. The other driver, 31-year old Luis Caban Medina, of Cleveland, struck Fazio head-on, killing both drivers.