The Zanesville Highway Patrol has released more details from a fatal accident that claimed the life of a 13-year-old girl near Frazeysburg. Troopers say the victim is now identified as Alison Clark of Dresden. She was a passenger in a car driven by 37-year-old Amy Caplinger, also of Dresden. The highway patrol says Caplinger was driving east on Raiders Road, when another car, driven by 20-year-old Zakery McCloud of Dresden was traveling west on Raiders Road, tried to pass a third vehicle,...
It was a deadly start to the day in Perry County Thursday morning.
The Lancaster Post of the Highway Patrol says two people were killed in a head-on collision on State Route 13 just north of Somerset at 8:15 am. Troopers identify the fatally injured victims as 24-year-old Franklin Merckle and 25-year-old Jeremy Penrod, both of New Lexington.
Lt. Gary Lewis says a black SUV driven by Merckle was traveling south on State Route 13 near Stone Quarry Road went...
Freezing rain is responsible for an early morning death.
It happed around 9 AM Saturday morning in Goshen Township. Bradley and Shawna Carlson of Dover were traveling east on US 250 near milepost 13 when their Honda Civic struck a Lincoln Continental that was stopped in the roadway from a previous crash. Clifford and Shelley Craine of Ravenna were inside the Lincoln when it was struck by the Civic. Shelley Craine died as a result of the crash. Everyone else was taken to...
Two families are mourning the deaths of their teenage sons after a head on collision.
The crash happened shortly before 3:30 Tuesday afternoon on Dietz Lane.
Cory Harper, 19, of Zanesville was driving his Honda Civic on Dietz Lane with passenger Beau Greiner, 18, also of Zanesville, when the Ohio State Highway Patrol says he crossed the center line hitting a blue Trailblazer. It was driven by Retta Friend, 63, of Zanesville. Greiner was...
One man is dead after an early morning crash on State Route 188 near High Point Road.
The Lancaster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says Robert Banfill of Thurston drove off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail and overturned. Troopers say Banfill was not wearing his seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers are still investigating the cause of the accident.
Thorn Township EMS and the Perry County Coroner both responded to the scene.
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The Granville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an early morning crash that killed one person. It happened at mile marker 130 on I-70 East. A semi tractor trailer was sitting along I-70 East when a Chevy Lumina, driven by 39-year-old David Valentine of Columbus, struck the rear of the trailer. Valentine is in stable condition at Grant Medical Center. His passenger, whose name has not been released, died at the scene. The cause of the crash is still under...
The Lancaster Post of the State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that took place just before midnight Thursday.
Troopers say that 34-year-old Jodi Holland of Lancaster was traveling west onto County Road 33 A near Horns Mill Road in Berne Township, when she struck a guardrail and was ejected from her vehicle.
Troopers say Holland wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, which is still under investigation.
This is the 14th fatal...
The State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Licking county that involved three vehicles..
It happened just after 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on State Route 37 in Granville Township.
Authorties say 50-year-old Scott Engel of Newark was headed West on 37 between State Route 16 and Raccoon Valley Road when he went left of center.
The Patrol reports that Engel's vehicle then sideswiped a pick up truck and then hit a semi head on....
One person is dead after a rollover crash shortly before midnight in Licking County.
According to the Granville Post of the State Highway Patrol, 24-year-old
Michael Guenther of Pataskala was driving south on Columbia Road in Etna Township when the car went off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch. The car became airborne and overturned, ejecting...
