09-02-2025
Passenger dies after truck loses control on icy road: OSHP
WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that left one person dead early Sunday morning.
According to a press release from the patrol, troopers were notified of an iPhone crash alert on Hackett Road in the area of South Millborne Road just before 12:30 a.m.. Emergency crews found the crash site east of Millborne Road, just east of the village of Apple Creek.
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The initial investigation found a Ford F-250 Super Duty pick-up was going east on Hackett Road from Apple Creek when it lost control on the icy road, rotated off the left side of the road, hit the ditch and overturned onto its right side, the release said.
Three people were in the truck at the time including the driver, Trevor Lee Barker, 22, of Washington Court House who was not wearing a seatbelt, the patrol said in the relase.
The left rear passenger, Whitney Brooke Miller, 24, of Millersburg also wasn't wearing a seatbelt, but she wasn't hurt.
The right rear passenger, Hannah Eve Baird, 25, of Big Prairie, was seriously injured, the release said, and was also found to not be wearing a seatbelt. Life-saving efforts were provided at the scene before she was taken to the hospital where she died from her injuries.
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Alcohol was a factor in the crash, the release said.
'The actions and the events that led to the death of Baird remain under investigation with charges pending.'
The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wooster Post, reminds all occupants to drive sober, never ride with an impaired driver, and always buckle up, whether behind the wheel or along for the ride, the press release concluded.
This is the first fatal crash in Wayne County in 2025.
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