PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio — A crash claimed the life of a Pickaway County woman yesterday evening.
According to the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Duvall and Lockbourne Eastern Road shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday after a commercial dump truck collided with a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu driven by 23-year-old Michael D. Linek Jr. of Ashville.
Linek’s passenger, 21-year-old Bryanna M. Stonerock of Circleville, officials said, had to be cut from the wreckage following the crash. She would later be pronounced deceased at Grant Hospital in Columbus. The driver, Michael Linek, was also transported by medical helicopter to Grant in serious condition.
The dump truck driver, 71-year-old Michael DeLong of Laurelville was treated at the scene.
The accident, the Sheriff’s Office said, remains under investigation.