A teenage girl was seriously injured late this morning when she crashed head-on into a dump truck, according to the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Hailey Mabry, 16, of Saint Marys, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier south on County Road 66A around 11:40 a.m. when troopers said she drove left of center and struck a 2003 Sterling dump truck, operated by 56-year-old Bruce Knotts of Fort Jennings.
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The Chevy went off the west side of the road and came to rest in a ditch, and the dump trump came to rest in a ditch on the opposite side. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage and had to be towed from the scene.
Mabry, who was not wearing a seat belt, suffered incapacitating injuries and was flown to Miami Valley Hospital, troopers said. Knotts was wearing a seat belt and told crews he was not injured. Alcohol is not suspected in the crash.
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Saint Marys Police, Fire and EMS, Saint Marys Twp. Fire Department and the Auglaize County EMA responded to the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
