GREEN TOWNSHIP – A 6-year-old boy was killed in a one-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in southern Ashland County.
According to the Ashland post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, Julie Turner, 26, of Perrysville, was driving a 2007 Dodge Caliber eastbound on Township Road 2704, west of County Road 775, at about 12:25 p.m. when she drove her vehicle off the right side of the road, striking a fence and a tree.
Turner, who was wearing a seat belt, was transported by Loudonville EMS to University Hospital’s Samaritan Medical Center in Ashland with non-incapacitating injuries.
The three passengers in the vehicle included the 6-year-old; 25-year-old Blaze Turner of Perrysville; and a 10-month-old child.
The 6-year-old was transported to University Hospital’s Samaritan Medical Center by where he was pronounced dead.
Perrysville EMS transported Blaze Turner and the other child to University Hospital’s Samaritan Medical Center with non-incapacitating injuries.
The Ashland County Sheriff’s Department, Loudonville Fire and EMS and Perrysville Fire and EMS assisted on the scene of the accident. The crash remains under investigation.
