Troopers ID 2 Killed In U.S. 42 Crash
Photo courtesy of The Delaware Gazette
UPDATE: Authorities release the names of two people who were killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 42 Thursday morning.
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio—Authorities released the names of two people who were killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 42 Thursday morning.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Danny L. Sheets, 23, of Delaware was driving a 2006 Chevy on U.S. Route 42 at about 7:05 a.m.
Troopers said Sheets’ vehicle went left of center and struck a vehicle driven by Richard A. Kaufman, 61, of Lebanon.
Sheets and passenger, Jennifer Neville, 22, also of Delaware, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Delaware post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Kaufman was air-flighted to Grady Memorial Hospital and later to Grant Medical Center. He reportedly is in fair condition.
A portion of U.S. Route 42 was closed south of County Home Road after the double-fatal crash.
Both northbound and southbound lanes were closed during accident investigation.
The route was reopened to traffic shortly before 11:30 a.m.
No more immediate information was available.
The Delaware Gazette provided information for this report and the photo.
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likely medical condition that caused the person to hit MY FATHER. Who is still in the hospital. Who was hit just 18 months ago by a driver that blew a red light while on her cell phone and filpped his car.
Not so easy to just “move on” when its your parent laying in that bed in the ICU.
People mess up. Accidents are ALWAYS going to happen. Get over it and move on. You are never going to prevent accidents unless people start becomming perfect in every measure.
Could Be Texting
Could Be Cellphone
Could Be No Seatbelt Since Airbags Deployed.
Cars don’t go left of center on bright sunny days all on their own unless the steering fails (Not likely)
At some point the driver made a fatal error in judgement.
There is a cause of this crash that resulted in such a tragic lose of two young people and maybe finding out cause will help prevent future lose of life.
Maybe texting??
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