OHIO (LOOTPRESS) – A Mingo County resident was among three people killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday evening in Delaware County, Ohio, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers said Michael Pinkerton, 19, of Dingess, West Virginia, was riding in the back seat of a 2017 Honda Civic when the car collided head-on with a 2014 Dodge Dart around 10:10 p.m. on Hoskins Road in Thompson Township.
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Pinkerton, along with the driver, 19-year-old Olivia Kroft of Marysville, Ohio, and front passenger, 23-year-old Breyden Floyd of North Lewisburg, Ohio, died at the scene.
The driver of the Dodge, 70-year-old Roger Congrove of Richwood, Ohio, was seriously injured and transported to Ohio State University Hospital.
Investigators said it has not been determined which vehicle crossed the center line before the collision.
None of the occupants in the Civic were wearing seatbelts, while Congrove was restrained, troopers reported.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, Delaware County EMS, Richwood Fire Department, Delaware County Highway Department, and the county coroner’s office.
