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| December 27, 2007 |
| Baby dies in fiery multi-vehicle car crash: Ellenboro |
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A 2-month-old baby may have survived a car wreck only to burn to death when another car rammed into the pileup and two cars burst into flames.
The fiery Thursday night crash caused at least one other serious injury, landing a good Samaritan who stopped to help in intensive care. State Police say Matthew Hardbarger of Berea died in the crash. He was traveling with his mother Patricia Hardbarger, 25, brother Lucas, 2, -- both of Berea -- and Eziquiel Mejiapiaz, 26, of Parkersburg, when their vehicle collided with a car driven by Karen Nicholson, 60, of Parkersburg on U.S. 50 near Ellenboro. Cpl. O. Starsick of the Harrisville detachment says details of the initial crash were indiscernible after a car driven by 22-year-old Tara Elias of Letart crashed into the pileup. Elias' car struck Tony Courtney, a man who had stopped to help, before hitting Hardbarger's vehicle, causing both vehicles to burst into flames. Mejiapiaz jumped from the vehicle engulfed in flames, police said. It was only after extinguishing Mejiapiaz and the car that authorities discovered Matthew inside. Lucas and Patricia Hardbarger were "not in their vehicle at the time of the second collision and may have been ejected during the first crash,'' according to a statement from state police. Courtney was in the intensive care unit at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus on Friday. Patricia was listed in fair condition at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. Lucas had been treated and released from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. The conditions of Elias and Mejiapiaz were not immediately available Friday afternoon. None of those three Columbus hospitals nor the University Hospital Burn Center in Cincinnati listed Elias or Mejiapiaz as patients and State Police did not immediately respond to phone messages and e-mails. This incident occured in Ritchie County. |
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Story by: The Associated Press |
| December 27, 2007 |
| Fire damages recycling center: Elkins |
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Firefighters are still trying to figure out what started a fire that ripped through a recycling center in Randolph County.
It happened Thursday night at the former J and H Market in Montrose. Firefighters say the fire started in the garage section of the building. A family lives in the back of the building, but no one was home when the fire started. Fire departments from Randolph and Tucker Counties were called in to fight the blaze. Firefighters have called in the State Fire Marshal's Office to help investigate. This incident occured in Randolph County. |
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Story by: News Staff Source: WBOY TV-12 |
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