A Tuesday afternoon crash north of Defiance has taken the life of a Stryker man. The highway patrol reports the accident occurred on state route 66, just south of the Banner School Road, at 12:10pm Tuesday. 77 year old Sara McGinnis of Archbold was apparently passing a vehicle on route 66, when her car struck an oncoming motorcycle head-on, driven by 52 year old Dean Shrider of Stryker. Dean Shrider suffered critical injuries, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Sara McGinnis was injured and transported to Defiance Regional Medical Center.