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Winter Weather Factors In 2 Of 3 Fatal Crashes Saturday

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Published: December 20, 2009

CENTRAL OHIO -- Ohio Highway Patrol officers say poor driving conditions were a major factor in at least two of three fatal crashes in the Buckeye state Saturday.

A 17-year-old girl suffered fatal injuries in Richland County.

The patrol said 17-year-old Abigail Finnegan died when she lost control of her pickup truck and slid into the path of a fire truck.

The patrol blamed the crash on the weather.

The two firefighters on board the fire engine received minor injuries.

In northwest Ohio, an 81-year-old woman was killed near Defiance when her van slid across a snowy roadway and rolled over twice.

Joyce Herr was not wearing a seat belt, according to troopers, and weather was a factor in the fatal crash.

The roads were wet Saturday afternoon, but patrol officials don't know if the weather contributed to a fatal accident northwest of Urbana.

A pickup driven by 19-year-old Matthew P. Calland overturned on Nine Mile Road near Calland Road.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 21-year-old passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

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