The death toll from a horrific multi-vehicle crash on an Ohio highway has risen to six, including three teenage students, with 18 more injured, officials said.
Five vehicles were involved in a fiery crash on I-70 Tuesday morning, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus carrying 54 high school band members and chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District to a band performance.
The three passengers on the bus were pronounced dead at the scene, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Tuesday night. They were identified as John Mosely, 18, of Mineral City; Jeffery Worrell, 18, of Bolivar; and Katelyn Owens, 15, of Mineral City.
Worrell’s father, George Worrell III, posted a heartbreaking tribute to his son on Facebook overnight, writing: “My beautiful daughter, Your mother and I love you so much.”
Jeffery Worrell, 18, of Bolivar.Courtsey family John Wyatt Mosely, 18, of Mineral City.Courtsey family Katelyn Owens, 15, of Mineral City.Courtsey family A charter bus carrying students from a high school was stopped by a semi truck on I -70 in central Ohio Tuesday morning.
The grieving father shared a photo of the teenager playing drums during one of his last band performances.
“Your mother and I marveled at how a ray of light seemed to shine directly on you, and now we know why,” he wrote. “We love you so much Jeffery.”
The rental bus was rear-ended by a semi truck just before 9 a.m. near Etna, Ohio, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left at least three vehicles on fire.
A total of 15 students and the bus driver were sent to area hospitals. The remaining students were taken to the reunification site.
“This is our worst nightmare when we have a bus full of children involved in a crash,” Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said during a news conference at the scene. “Prayers go out to the family, everyone on the bus.”
Kristy Gaynor, 39, of Zoar.Western Reserve Resources Shannon Wigfield, 45, of Bolivar.LinkedIn / Wigfield Shannon Dave Kennat, 56, of Navarre.
The adults who died were a teacher and two accompanying parents who were traveling together in one of the passenger cars involved, the highway patrol said. They were identified as Dave Kennat, 56, of Navarre; Kristy Gaynor, 39, of Zoar; and Shannon Wigfield, 45, of Bolivar.
The students and chaperones are on their way to Columbus to present at the Ohio School Boards Association conference.
Derek Varansky, superintendent of the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District, said during a community prayer vigil Tuesday that the students who died were “bright lights full of life who lost their lives far too young.”
The high school student and chaperone were on their way to a marching band performance in Columbus when the chain reaction accident happened. AP A congregational prayer to honor the crash victims was held Tuesday night at the Tuscarawas Valley Schools football stadium in Zoarville.AP
The conference was canceled after organizers learned of the crash, spokesman Jeff Chambers said.
The driver of the other passenger vehicle was also taken to hospital. Of the drivers of the two commercial vehicles involved, one was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries and the other was treated at the scene, officials said.
The cause of the fatal crash will be investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.
With Postal wire
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