The Sandusky Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol had stated that a 20-year-old woman driving a pickup truck had struck a car in the rear on state Route 60 at the intersection of Darrow Road just before 11 p.m. Troopers had said Allison Priess, of Vermillion, failed to stop in time.
The impact pushed the car into the southbound lanes and into the path of another car filled with teens. David Ryan Kelm, of Vermillion, was killed in the crash. The driver, Brittany Getter, 16, was injured and taken to Lorain Community Health Partners Hospital. The driver of the car that hit the oncoming vehicle was flown by LIfeflight to St. Vincents Hospital in Toledo. There was no immediate word on 19-year-old Harrison Strickler’s condition. The passengers; Rachel Hogue, 16, of Vermillion, was not treated, and Ali Cunningham, 18, of Vermillion was taken to Lorain Community Health Partners Hospital.
