A woman was killed and two people were seriously injured late Saturday in a two-vehicle crash that closed U.S. 52 in Anderson Township, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded shortly after 10 p.m. on Oct. 31 to the crash on U.S. 52 near Eight Mile Road, sheriff’s officials said in reports carried by the Cincinnati Enquirer and FOX19. Investigators said Donita Bessent was driving a 2025 Honda CR-V, pulling out of Eight Mile Road to turn left onto westbound U.S. 52, when she failed to yield to oncoming traffic.
Bessent’s CR-V was struck on the driver’s side by the westbound 2012 Kia, according to the sheriff’s office. Bessent was taken by emergency crews to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where she died of her injuries, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The Kia’s driver, identified in the Enquirer’s report as Jerry Ncelhamey, 39, and his wife, Stacy, who was a passenger in the Kia, were both taken to a hospital with serious injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. An Air Care medical helicopter was requested to respond to the scene and was then called off, FOX19 reported.
The crash closed U.S. 52 in Anderson Township late Saturday, FOX19 reported, while deputies investigated and crews worked at the scene near the Eight Mile Road intersection. U.S. 52 is part of the Ohio River Scenic Byway, following the north bank of the Ohio River through eastern Hamilton County, and it is a primarily two-lane route east of Cincinnati.
Investigators said neither speed nor impairment appears to be a factor in the crash, according to the sheriff’s office. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety Unit is handling the investigation, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
Several details were still unreleased on Sunday morning. Officials had not given Bessent’s age, an update on the conditions of the two people injured in the Kia, or a time when U.S. 52 fully reopened to traffic, and no charges had been announced in connection with the crash.
The crash remains under investigation. This report is based on Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office information reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer and FOX19.