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6 Teens Killed in Freak SUV Crash

Mar. 10, 2013 7:45pm Mytheos Holt

WARREN, Ohio (AP/TheBlaze) — A sport utility vehicle carrying eight people crashed into a guardrail and landed in a pond early Sunday in northeast Ohio, killing six teenagers, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

The other two people inside survived the crash, in which the Honda Passport veered off the left side of a road, hit a guardrail and overturned, Lt. Anne Ralston said. Investigators say it came to rest in a pond just south of the city of Warren, about 60 miles east of Cleveland near the Pennsylvania state line.

Ralston didn’t know where the people in the SUV were headed. She said the two injured were taken to a hospital. There was no information immediately available on their conditions.

All those killed were ages 14 to 19, authorities said. Their names weren’t released, while family members were being contacted.

The highway patrol received the first call on the crash at 7:15 a.m., Ralston said. Divers helped the patrol, and local police referred calls to the patrol as well.

Youtube vlogger areyouintheknow captured video of the SUV being pulled from the pond. It can be viewed below:

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Nabuquduriuzhur
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 4:20am
re: Exrepublisheep

never heard a Republican say that.

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denkat56
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:36pm
My sympathy to all the families. Seat belts are life savers.

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- Locked
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:48pm
  @Denkat
  
  From other reports, some of the kids were wearing seatbelts, but not all of them (they had 8 people in a 5-person vehicle). A horribly tragedy; my prayers are with the families of the dead :-(
  
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SpyvsSpy
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:19pm
Simple ,The Harlem shake gone wrong…

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joedog73
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:13pm
Using liberals way of thinking, tomorrow legislators need to offer up a SUV control law to prevent tragedies like this from happening. If it can save just one life, its worth it.

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- survivorseed
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:49pm
  If only one of the passengers had a gun. See how both sides have idiotic arguments
  
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- TexVet61
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:31am
  not to make light of families loosing their children, but it only took 3 post before someone took the words out of my mouth on the liberals outlawing of the passport for killing so many teens at once.
  
  My God bless those families and help mend their hearts for their loss and my he welcome thier children to his mansion
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 1:57am
  Using republican speak, I hope they, the survivors, are insured, otherwise it’s “On the street” with them. Can’t pay? Out you go.
  
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- SpeakSoftlyAndCarry
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 7:48am
  And let’s not forget the role that the evil privately owned pond played in this tragedy. If there wasn’t so much water in this country there wouldn’t be so many drownings!
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 9:31am
  Pretty SAD, Sheep!
  
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- Techcon
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 2:03pm
  Did it have an automatic or semi-automatic transmission? Not that anybody needs to own an assault SUV, but there is a difference.
  
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RDMercer
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:09pm
OweBama testing out his drones maybe?
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:59pm
Life imitating art or trying to keep pace.

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MK2
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:57pm
I just hope it was not the driver that was one of the ones that lived not saying that to pass judgement but that would truly be a terrible thing to live with don’t think he/she would ever be able to get over it
May God comfort your families and my your young souls rest in peace
May God comfort all involved

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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:41pm
RIP.. I consider them lucky, they won’t have togo through what is coming!! I feel badly for their families, for truly it is those left behind who suffer and mourn!

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truthhasno
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:25pm
Its in these cases you do like “some” nanny state things like compulsory seatbelts
and no teen drivers with passengers unless they have an over 21 experienced driver in the car
In Many Countrys like new zealand these simple Enforced road rules
have cut the road toll literally By 60%

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- TheBurningTruth
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:49pm
  Maybe things have changed in New Zealand, but back in 1998 when I traveled the west coast of the big island (southern island) there wasn’t ANY road enforcement. The length of the coast was almost the same as from LA to SF and there were only 25,000 people there. The road had only been sealed within the previous 18 months. There was even a one lane bridge about 30 miles south of Greymouth which the train also used!
  
  There were so few cars that most locals didn’t slow down for curves, they just used the whole road. The chances of running into somebody was considered “acceptable”. They had about one head-on a day as I recall.
  
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xoke
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:31pm
Poor kids, I pray for them.

Careful all those passing judgement, I’m sure you all did nothing dumb growing up (sarcasm).

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tnman65
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:21pm
I don’t remember the numbers, so correct me if you know. The chances of a teenager having a wreck goes up dramatically the more passengers they have with them. Sad, prayers to their family.

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RinkyDink34
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:13pm
Confucius say
Very Sad, if you survive being a teenager you might get to grow old.

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electroencephalographic
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:06pm
Slow it down junebugs. You’ll get there eventually.

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:04pm
Teenagers should not drive an SUV. They sit up high off the ground, they are taller than they are wide, and don’t handle well at high speeds or in curves.
Teens need a low to the ground, wide bodied vehicle, that has great tires and very little power.

It takes years of experience to master the art of driving safely. Most of us live through our driving mistakes, and learn from the bad experiences. Unfortunately, these teens did not survive the mistake.

Rest in peace children. Your lives were snuffed out way too soon.
May God comfort your family members and friends.

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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:10pm
  Wise words. Thanks LEAD! Frustrating and nerve wracking as it is training teens to drive safely, it pays to make them practice MANY more than the recommended behind-the-wheel hours. Especially after dark. An under-prepared teen driver is probably the most dangerous thing on the road.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:59pm
God be with the family and friends of the dead, they will need comforting in this time of pain and loss.

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vankilu
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:49pm
8 teens in a 5 passenger Honda, 8 x 125lbs(conservative#) = 1000lbs, I bet the investigation will be weight/weight distribution-speed related.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:12pm
  The cable news reported it as being “packed” earlier today. : (
  
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TRILO
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:36pm
I am very sorry for their loss. I will pray for their souls. We have a cousin that was seriously injured in an auto accident at 16 and can no longer walk, talk or do anything else for herself. She will live in the confines of a wheelchair for the remainder of her life.

My only question is – why is this national news?

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- Teen Driving Solutions School
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:49pm
  It’s rare when stories like this make national headlines but all teen driving fatalities should. Driving is the number one cause of death for teenagers in America and perhaps if all these fatal crashes got national media attention, we could begin to solve this problem. We lose more teens in crashes each year than the number of soldiers we’ve lost since 2001. It’s way past time for a national discussion about these tragedies.
  
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- tajloc
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 9:10am
  Where in the Bible does it say we can pray for souls.
  Too many little wild dummies in the car.
  AND
  “Teens need a low to the ground, wide bodied vehicle, that has great tires and very little power.”
  Sounds like a legomobile to me so I agree
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:33pm
I took my first traffic accident investigation course at the very end of the ’70s. Although I had previously worked a number of traffic accidents, and the first two were fatalities. The course never really prepared me for what really was to come. Amongst them all, I have had to respond to two five fatality accidents. Natrually, I will spare all here any of the details. I feel for what these first responders are going through, and may God bless the families.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:10pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  I hear you on that. I’ve done data recovery for Police Dept’s from all over the World. Saw some really graphic stuff. I’ve never seen a dead person in person, just photos and videos. Did some data recoveries from US soldiers too. Blow up bodies and stuff; not nice at all.
  
  My Monk Prayers to the families and friends.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:33pm
  Hi MONK, I hear you on that. You have some experience at what these guys had to go through. Still, my concern is more with the families. I remember my Dad making me read newspaper articles about teenage traffic accidents and their results as I approached that age. He wasn’t worried about the older car they let me have, it really was me, and later my sisters. That is a problem with youth, we all were ten feet tall and bullet proof, or really just thought so at one time.
  
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- MK2
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:44pm
  RJJ
  I Hear you my oldest son 19 who is now in the Air National Gaurd got up late today he had guard duty today he stayed up late playing games.
  I got him up he was mad as hell and has a camero before he left I grad him by the shoulders and made him promise my he would not be stupid on the road before he left.Him getting up late is very uncarictor of him.He is a good kid never been in any trouble he is very driven in life and has been at a very young age has a lot of goals in life and knows how he wants to get there.but he is still young driver I was a nerves till he text me that he got to work thank God he made it home today .
  My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the kids that won’t make it home today my God comfort your souls and my your kids rest in peace
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 5:44am
  MK2, So sorry to hear that, and may God bless your family as much as possible.
  
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chips1
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:32pm
Warren, Ohio apparently doesn’t have any reporters to investigate the scene. No information is contained in this story. Maybe if they talked to a jogger in the area they could find out if any skidmarks were there or even the distance the vehicle traveled after it hit the guard rail. Clues?

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- FoundingFather
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 10:55pm
  I live outside Warren, saw this story early this morning. I’m actually surprised it made national news. There’s a bit more info in our local paper about it this evening:
  
  http://tribune-chronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/584439/Sun–4-55pm-UPDATE3–People-gather-at-crash-scene–photo-.html?nav=5021
  
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- FoundingFather
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:29pm
  Based on the Ohio State Patrol report, and photos I’ve seen, looks like the accident took place here (just north of Burton St):
  
  http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=Pine+Ave+SE&hl=en&ll=41.221422,-80.806053&spn=0.001989,0.005284&sll=41.22005,-80.803242&sspn=0.015914,0.042272&geocode=Fcv8dAIdVf8u-w&t=h&gl=us&mra=ls&z=18
  
  They said vehicle was heading south on Pine Ave at high speed, hit the guardrail and went over into the swamp there. Its pretty easy to pick up speed there, with a good long straight stretch. I used to drive that way to work years ago. Seems like, based on the lay of the road there, there’s a curve, but its not real sharp. Even if they had kept going straight out of the straight-away, seems like they would have ended up in a different pond than they did. They would have had to veer pretty hard left just before the curve, I would think, to hit and flip over and into the swamp.
  
  I wonder if maybe there was something in the road, deer or something, that might have been involved.
  
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- FoundingFather
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 11:45pm
  More info:
  
  Tribune Chronicle has photos from the scene that seem to correlate what I was just mentioning. Based on the photos, the driver veered hard left into the rail (which sits pretty low to the ground) a hundred feet or so before the curve.
  
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.504371156271860.1073741825.107467505962229&type=1
  
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welovetheUSA
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:21pm
Honda..humm…8 people..not straped in for sure..too many kids in a small suv.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:39pm
  I remember the early Honda cars. Folded up like the foil wrapper from chewing gum. Just the thought of a Honda brings back the gruesome memories of a three vehicle accident involving a Honda, Mercedes Benz, and a tractor trailer rig. The family in the Mercedes were unscathed as well the truck driver. I’ll leave it at that.
  
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rickc34
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:17pm
My thoughts and prayers to the family’s. May the Lord wrap his loving arms around the family members and shower them with love in their time of loss and grief.

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whatthecrazy
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:03pm
So sad,rest in peace young ones….

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:03pm
Who the heck are writing these stories? That doesn’t sound like a freak accident, just an accident. a car full of teenagers, probably speeding and goofing around. A sad story.

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- ItsAllCrap
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 7:49am
  8 teens in a car?! I think we know exactly what happened. Ohio has regulations in many areas that limit the number of under 18 yr olds in a car without adults.
  
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Southernsoul
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:02pm
I have nothing to go on but experience. I don’t consider it a freakish accident when there are drugs and/or alcohol in the mix.

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bdandsl
Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:00pm
Having lost my oldest in a car accident ten years ago, I know what they will be going through. You get through it, but you never get over it. My prayers to the families.

May they rest in peace.

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- antitheism
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:23pm
  You can pray, but expect no consequence.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 8:27pm
  Sorry to hear about your loss…My wife just lost her cousin last month…. God bless their families to get through it..
  
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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on March 10, 2013 at 9:05pm
  So very sorry for your loss.
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on March 11, 2013 at 3:52am
  antitheism “You can pray, but expect no consequence.”
  
  Does not belong with the post about losing their own. Just because you have no hope does not mean they do not. They will see their loved one again. No one will ever see you. A tree falls in the forest and makes a loud noise. The sound fades to nothingness and the tree rots away until it is gone forever. The sound of your voice is no different than the noise of the falling tree. Unless you change your fate will be no different than that of the fallen tree.
  
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