RUSH TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Gnadenhutten woman was killed and two 6-year-old boys were flown to a hospital Monday morning in a head-on crash on Edwards Ridge Road in Rush Township, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol as reported by The Times-Reporter and by WOIO Cleveland 19 News.
The crash happened at about 7:52 a.m. Monday, November 2, on Edwards Ridge Road, south of Ridge Road, The Times-Reporter reported. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2014 Ford Focus traveling southbound crossed left of center and struck a northbound 2020 Kia Telluride head-on, a sequence WOIO Cleveland 19 News also reported from the patrol’s account.
The Ford was driven by Megan Mazzoleni, 29, of Gnadenhutten, who was riding with a 6-year-old boy in the back seat, according to the patrol as reported by The Times-Reporter. The Kia was driven by Shanon Matsel, 43, of Port Washington, who was also traveling with a 6-year-old boy, The Times-Reporter reported.
Both drivers had to be freed from their vehicles, The Times-Reporter reported. Matsel, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken by Uhrichsville EMS to Union Hospital. Mazzoleni, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office, according to the patrol as reported by The Times-Reporter.
Both boys were flown by medical helicopter to Akron Children’s Hospital, The Times-Reporter reported. Their conditions have not been released, and WOIO Cleveland 19 News reported the Kia driver’s condition was also unknown.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be a factor in the crash, WOIO Cleveland 19 News reported. The patrol is still investigating what led the Ford to cross left of center, and no charges or additional findings have been announced.
NewsForce247 will update this story when the patrol releases additional findings and when the children’s conditions are released.