GALLIA COUNTY, OH : 1 killed, 4 injured in Gallia County crash on Wednesday, 6th September 2023

A man has died, and two women and two children are injured after a crash in Gallia County.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, near milepost 1 of State Route 7 the Crown City area of Guyan Township.

Troopers say the incident began when a 2004 Chevy Venture mini-van traveling south on SR 7 ran out of gas, becoming disabled in the roadway. The driver, identified as Kenneth T. Adkins 30, got out to push the vehicle, and a woman with him got in the driver’s seat to steer, troopers say. According to the OSHP, the woman’s 2-year-old was in a forward-facing child safety seat in the second row of the Venture’s passenger side.

After Adkins got out to push the vehicle, a 2023 Toyota Sienna mini-van traveling south on SR 7 struck both Adkins and the Venture, troopers say. The OSHP says Adkins was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

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