Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
St. Marys teen dies in crash
Three others hurt in 2-car accident
By Tom Stankard
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard
Area firefighters and law-enforcement personnel tend the scene of a fatal accident on Wednesday afternoon. A 16-year-old St. Marys girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
WAPAKONETA - A 16-year-old St. Marys girl was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Monday afternoon.
Kennedy Schreiber was northbound on Townline-Kossuth Road in a 1997 Toyota sedan when she reportedly failed to stop the vehicle at a stop sign at U.S. 33, according to a news release from the Wapakoneta Ohio State Highway Patrol Post.
The Toyota reportedly was struck on the driver's-side door by an eastbound 2001 Buick sedan being driven by Brian J. Grube, 35, Piqua, the release stated.
The Toyota reportedly crossed the median and westbound lanes of U.S. 33 and came to rest on the north side of the road. The Buick came to rest in the median near the eastbound lanes of U.S. 33, according to the release.
The Auglaize County Coroner's Office pronounced Schreiber dead at the scene, according to the release. Her body was taken to Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
Her passengers, Carson Liming, 17, and Joseph Zartman, 17, both of St. Marys, suffered incapacitating injuries and were transported to St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima by the St. Marys Fire Department, the release stated. Grube suffered incapacitating injuries and also was transported to St. Rita's Medical Center, according to the release.
St. Rita's nursing supervisor Erin Hastings said this morning that Liming was listed in serious condition and Zartman was listed in fair condition. She noted Grube was not listed as a patient.
Students were encouraged to attend school today, where support personnel were on hand to help them through the day, according to a post on the school's Facebook page.
"The school wants to pass on condolences to the family and those affected. Prayers," the post read.
Both vehicles sustained heavy damage and were towed from the scene, the release stated.
Patrol personnel were assisted on scene by the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office, St. Marys police and fire departments, the Buckland Fire Department, Auglaize County Emergency Management and the Ohio Department of Transportation, the release stated.
This is the second confirmed traffic fatality in the county this year, post commander Lt. Scott Carrico said.
