Friends fondly remember Mount Gilead senior killed in Morrow County crash
The 18 year old was killed when his car hit a tree early Friday morning just off County Road 30. Author: Richard Solomon (WBNS) Updated: 11:19 AM EDT May 11, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Landon Hanahan should be getting ready for his high school graduation at Mount Gilead.
The 18 year old was killed when his car hit a tree early Friday morning just off County Road 30. Ohio State Highway Patrol says Hanahan didn’t have his seatbelt on at the time of the crash.
10tv spoke with three of his friends, Kyler Hall, Layne Stark and Cory Fricke.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal traffic crash Friday morning involving a Mount Gilead area teen.
Landon Hanahan, 18, was driving a 2006 Jeep Liberty northbound on County Road 30 in Gilead Township, Morrow County, around 5:45 a.m., the patrol reported in a news release.
Hanahan went off the right side of the roadway, striking a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the patrol said.
Troopers with the Mount Gilead Post investigating the crash determined Hanahan was not wearing a seatbelt. Alcohol and drugs are not suspected as factors in the crash, the patrol said.
Updated: 2:26 PM EDT May 7, 2021
MORROW COUNTY, Ohio A student at Mount Gilead High School was killed when he crashed his vehicle into a tree early Friday morning in Gilead Township.
Eighteen-year-old Landon Hanahan was driving a 2006 Jeep Liberty northbound on County Road 30 around 5:45 a.m. when he drove off the right side of the road and hit a tree, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Hanahan was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead when emergency responders arrived, OSHP said.
Hanahan was finishing up his senior year at Mount Gilead and had made the honor and merit roll this year, the school s principal told 10TV.