CRAWFORD COUNTY, OH (CRAWFORD COUNTY NOW)—Two rural Bloomville residents were killed Tuesday morning following a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 30 in Crawford County, according to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded at approximately 6:27 a.m. to U.S. 30 eastbound, just west of State Route 602.
A preliminary investigation indicates that Damien Reid, 19, of Broadview Heights, was traveling westbound on U.S. 30 in a 2006 Lincoln Mark LT pickup truck when his vehicle sideswiped a westbound semi-truck traveling in the right-hand lane.
Following the initial contact, the pickup truck left the left side of the roadway, entered the median, and struck the embankment of an emergency turnaround. The vehicle then lost control, crossed into the eastbound lanes of U.S. 30, and collided with a 2024 Toyota Sienna heading east.
The occupants of the Toyota Sienna, driver Thomas Ward, 72, and front-seat passenger Kathy Ward, 73, both of rural Bloomville, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Crawford County Coroner’s Office.
Reid suffered severe injuries and was airlifted from the scene by MedFlight to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The driver of the semi-truck was not reported injured.
Eastbound U.S. 30 was closed between County Road 330 (east junction) and State Route 602 for roughly two and a half hours while investigators processed the scene and crews cleared debris.
Assisting the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office at the scene were the Whetstone Township Volunteer Fire Department, Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department, Life First EMS, MedFlight, the Crawford County Coroner’s Office, and the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The crash remains under investigation.