Three killed in crash on Ohio 32
BEAVER – The Portsmouth Dispatch Center of the Ohio State Highway Patrol received a call of an SUV versus commercial-semi crash on Ohio 32 at 4:53 p.m. Monday, at the intersection of State Route 335 in Marion Township.
Stephen D. Stapleton, 34, of Waverly, was driving a 2006 Ford Escape. Stapleton was driving northbound on Ohio 335. He failed to yield from a stop sign and was struck by a 2000 Peterbilt commercial truck traveling eastbound on Ohio 32 and being driven by Thomas P. Gannaway, 74, of Vinton, according to the patrol.
Stapleton and his passengers - Krysta M. Stapleton, 36, of Waverly and Stephen F. Stapleton, 73, of Waverly received fatal injuries as a result of the crash and were pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner.
Gannaway was not injured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, Beaver VFD, Stockdale VFD, Department of Energy FD, Portsmouth Ambulance and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
This article originally appeared on Chillicothe Gazette: Three killed in crash on Ohio 32
