Journal Staff Reports
LISBON Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on collision on U.S. Route 30 near the state Route 172 intersection just west of Lisbon.
At about 4:20 p.m., a 2006 Chevrolet C5 tow truck was westbound on U.S. 30. Another vehicle, a 2014 GMC Sierra, was traveling eastbound.
According to the highway patrol, the Sierra traveled left of center, hitting the tow truck head-on. Both vehicles went off the south side of the road and caught fire.
Both the driver and the passenger in the Sierra were killed. Their identities are pending the autopsy report, the patrol said. Neither were wearing their seat belts.
Staff reports
LISBON Two people were killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on collision on U.S. Route 30 near the state Route 172 intersection just west of Lisbon.
At about 4:20 p.m., a 2006 Chevrolet C5 tow truck was westbound on U.S. 30. Another vehicle, a 2014 GMC Sierra, was traveling eastbound.
According to the highway patrol, the Sierra traveled left of center, hitting the tow truck head-on. Both vehicles went off the south side of the road and caught fire.
Both the driver and the passenger in the Sierra were killed. Their identities are pending the autopsy report, the patrol said. Neither were wearing their seat belts.
Repository staff report
LISBON – Two people in a pickup truck were killed and two men in a tow truck were injured in a fiery crash Wednesday in Columbiana County.
Ernest L. Nicholson IV, 46, of Washingtonville, and his passenger, Nicholas D. Gardner, 21, of Minerva, were injured, but the driver and passenger of the other vehicle were killed, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Nicholson was driving a 2006 Chevrolet C-5 tow truck west on U.S. Route 30 near state Route 172 at 4:23 p.m. when the crash occurred.
Two other people were in a 2015 GMC Sierra pickup heading east on Route 30 when they traveled left of center and struck the tow truck head-on, the patrol said. Both vehicles went off the south side of the road and caught fire.