CANAAN TOWNSHIP – A 14-year-old Creston resident was killed Friday after a single-vehicle crash in Canaan Township, according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
One of the passengers, Aurora Krahenbuhl, succumbed to fatal injuries at the scene of the crash, the Patrol reported. Four other teens were also hospitalized.
The Patrol reported that a 2007 Honda Civic, operated by a 17-year-old, was traveling north on Canaan Center Road near East Sterling Road at 4:14 p.m. The Honda lost control and traveled off the right side of the roadway, striking a ditch and two landscape islands before overturning multiple times prior to coming to final rest.
The driver was transported by ground ambulance to Wooster Community Hospital for minor injuries.
There were three other passengers in the Honda injured in the crash.
A 15-year-old passenger was transported by ground ambulance to Wooster Community Hospital with serious injuries; and then transported by air ambulance to Akron Children’s Hospital. Two other passengers, a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old, were transported to Lodi Hospital with the latter going to the Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital with minor injuries.
Alcohol and drugs are not believed to be contributing factors to the crash.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by Canaan Township Fire/EMS, Sterling Fire/EMS, Town and Country Fire Department, Lodi EMS, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, Wayne County Coroner and TNT Towing.
At this time, the crash remains under investigation. All charges are pending further review.