LIBERTY TOWNSHIP – A Fostoria woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Seneca County.
The Norwalk Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash which occurred on County Road 592 at County Road 31.
Dorothy Cooper, 68, Fostoria, was driving a 2018 Honda HRV eastbound. Amanda Benavides, 42, Burgoon, was driving a 2020 Jeep Cherokee southbound. Cooper failed to yield at the stop sign and. Benavides struck Cooper on the driver side. Benavides went off the southwest corner of the intersection, overturned and struck a house. Cooper went of the southwest corner of the intersection and overturned.
Cooper was transported from the scene by Life Flight to Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo with serious injuries. Benavides sustained serious injuries and was transported from the scene by Seneca EMS to Tiffin Mercy Hospital.
Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. Alcohol and drugs are not considered factors in this crash.
