A 1-year-old child was killed and two drivers were injured Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on Ohio 37 in Malta Township, Morgan County, according to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Marietta Post reported by the Zanesville Times Recorder.
Troopers from the Marietta Post responded to the two-vehicle crash in the 4600 block of Ohio 37, near Cordray Road, at about 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, the patrol said. WTAP also reported that the Marietta Post is investigating the deadly head-on crash in Malta Township, and the Morgan County Herald reported the same early details from the patrol.
The patrol’s early investigation found that Christopher Gorrell, 46, of McConnelsville, was driving west on Ohio 37 in an Ohio Department of Transportation Ford F-150 when the truck reportedly traveled left of center, according to the release reported by the Zanesville Times Recorder. The truck struck an eastbound Chevrolet Equinox driven by Madison Grimmett, 20, of Crooksville.
A 1-year-old passenger in the Equinox was pronounced dead, the patrol said in the release reported by the Zanesville Times Recorder. Authorities have not released the child’s name.
Grimmett was taken to Genesis Hospital in Zanesville with serious injuries, according to the patrol’s release. Gorrell was taken to Marietta Memorial Hospital with injuries the patrol described as non-critical.
The crash involved a state transportation truck that crossed the center line of a two-lane state highway, a detail investigators with the Marietta Post are continuing to examine. The patrol has not said what caused the F-150 to travel left of center, and no charges or citations had been announced in the reports available Tuesday evening.
Ohio 37 is a main route through Morgan County, linking McConnelsville with communities to the north and south, and Tuesday morning’s crash drew a response from troopers based at the Marietta Post, which covers the region for the Highway Patrol.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Marietta Post is continuing to investigate the crash. NewsForce247 will update this story as a labeled update if investigators release additional confirmed information, including any findings on what led the truck across the center line.