Six killed in two separate Ohio car crashes

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WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Six people were killed in two
separate triple fatal car accidents in Ohio Sunday, including an
11-year-old girl who police said was ejected from the rear cargo area of
an SUV carrying two adults and seven children, only three of whom were
properly restrained.
Addisyn Benzel, 11, was thrown from the cargo
area of the vehicle after a driver of a car heading the other direction
crossed over the center line on a roadway in Columbiana County, about
40 miles south of Youngstown, said Ohio Highway Patrol Staff Lt. Anne
Ralston.
The driver of the SUV, 39-year-old James Nign and his
27-year-old wife, Meghann Nign, were also killed in the accident around
11 a.m. Sunday. Six other children in the Chevy Equinox, including a
6-year-old sitting on Meghann Nign’s lap, were taken to area hospitals,
police said, but their conditions were unknown Sunday night.
Highway
Patrol said that none of the three who were killed were wearing seat
belts. Three children, ages 9 months to 4 years old, were in child
safety seats, but two other 11-year-old victims were not wearing
seatbelts.
Ralston said the driver of the Jeep Cherokee that
struck the Nign’s car, Rachel Lindesmith, 31, of Hanoverton, was treated
for non-life-threatening injuries, along with her 9-month-old son.
Lindesmith was wearing her seatbelt and her son was in a child safety
seat, police said.
Ralston said an investigation is ongoing and Lindesmith has not been charged.
In
the second fatal car accident, three people were killed after a car ran
off the road and crashed into a tree in central Ohio Sunday night.
The
Ohio Highway Patrol said that three people in the car died at the scene
on state route 229 in Delaware County, 40 miles north of Columbus.
Video from WBNS-10TV in Columbus shows snow blown onto the roadway where
the crash occurred.
Driver James W. Wyatt III, 33, died along
with his sister, Elizabeth Wyatt, 28, and her daughter, Isabella Zins
Master, according to Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert Curry. Elizabeth Wyatt
and her daughter were sitting in the back seat of the car and all three
lived in Marion, Curry said.
The front-seat passenger, Jessica
Wray, 22, of Alexandria, Va., was James Wyatt’s fiance, Curry said. She
was listed in critical condition at the OSU Wexner Medical Center.
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WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Six people were killed in two
separate triple fatal car accidents in Ohio Sunday, including an
11-year-old girl who police said was ejected from the rear cargo area of
an SUV carrying two adults and seven children, only three of whom were
properly restrained.
Addisyn Benzel, 11, was thrown from the cargo
area of the vehicle after a driver of a car heading the other direction
crossed over the center line on a roadway in Columbiana County, about
40 miles south of Youngstown, said Ohio Highway Patrol Staff Lt. Anne
Ralston.
The driver of the SUV, 39-year-old James Nign and his
27-year-old wife, Meghann Nign, were also killed in the accident around
11 a.m. Sunday. Six other children in the Chevy Equinox, including a
6-year-old sitting on Meghann Nign’s lap, were taken to area hospitals,
police said, but their conditions were unknown Sunday night.
Highway
Patrol said that none of the three who were killed were wearing seat
belts. Three children, ages 9 months to 4 years old, were in child
safety seats, but two other 11-year-old victims were not wearing
seatbelts.
Ralston said the driver of the Jeep Cherokee that
struck the Nign’s car, Rachel Lindesmith, 31, of Hanoverton, was treated
for non-life-threatening injuries, along with her 9-month-old son.
Lindesmith was wearing her seatbelt and her son was in a child safety
seat, police said.
Ralston said an investigation is ongoing and Lindesmith has not been charged.
In
the second fatal car accident, three people were killed after a car ran
off the road and crashed into a tree in central Ohio Sunday night.
The
Ohio Highway Patrol said that three people in the car died at the scene
on state route 229 in Delaware County, 40 miles north of Columbus.
Video from WBNS-10TV in Columbus shows snow blown onto the roadway where
the crash occurred.
Driver James W. Wyatt III, 33, died along
with his sister, Elizabeth Wyatt, 28, and her daughter, Isabella Zins
Master, according to Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert Curry. Elizabeth Wyatt
and her daughter were sitting in the back seat of the car and all three
lived in Marion, Curry said.
The front-seat passenger, Jessica
Wray, 22, of Alexandria, Va., was James Wyatt’s fiance, Curry said. She
was listed in critical condition at the OSU Wexner Medical Center.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.

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