Four of the employees, Stephen Cassel, 72, of Clayton, Richard Coatney, 77, of Piqua; Larry Edwards, 77, of Tipp City; and Richard Turnbull, 66, of Lewisburg were killed instantly in the crash, OSP said. A fifth person, who has not been identified, was taken to Kettering Health Main Campus.
Obituary notices said all of the men were retired and working at Enterprise part time.
- Cassel was a Dayton native and was a guidance counselor for Bradford High School for many years before he retired. He served as a Care Pastor at Stillwater Church. He is survived by his wife, Debbie Massaro-Cassel, son Micah (Trisha) Cassel, daughter Steph (fiancé, Joey Porter) Cassel, and stepchildren Kristy (Brent) Ruckman, Rachael (Rob) Sukel, Nicholas (Kerry) Akins and Mitch Massaro. A service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 at Stillwater Church.
- Coatney was Dayton native and an artist. He held a master’s degree in art history. He was survived by his sister Nancy Rampenthal. A memorial gathering will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 7 at Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton.
- Edwards was a Greenfield native and retired from Goodrich in Troy. He was a member of the Vandalia Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer (Cooper) Edwards; two daughters, April McKinney of Troy and Nyssa (Michael) Carpenter of Dayton; five grandchildren, Austin Price, Hunter (Seth) Clayton, Trever McKinney, Sydney Burrowes and Noah (Madyson) Burrowes; two great-grandchildren, Parker Clayton and Owen Burrowes; sister, Judith (Raymond) Rittenhouse of Washington Court House; and brother, Bob (Linda) Edwards of Greenfield. His funeral services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Murray-Fettro Funeral Home in Greenfield.
- Turnbull was a Dayton native and retired after a more than 30-year career as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service and served as a driver for Preble County Children Services before later working with Enterprise. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann (Mundhenk) Turnbull; four children, Kit (Sarah) Suggs; Kyle Suggs, Colleen Turnbull and Curry (Ellie) Turnbull; grandchildren Kaitlin, Jenna, Austin, Ellie, Serenity, Trey, Charlie, Jack, Ruby, Ivy and Caleb; and siblings Steve (Cora) Turnbull, Randy (Bill) Turnbull and Blaine Turnbull. No funeral information was published.
Police said before the wreck the four men were killed in, an initial crash was reported at about 2:10 p.m. Monday on Interstate 70 near the exit to Dayton International Airport Access Road. Troopers said a Volvo rear ended a Nissan Frontier traveling east on I-70.
The driver of the Volvo fled and the driver of the Nissan Frontier followed at high speed, the patrol said.
The driver of the Volvo exited I-70 onto Airport Access Road and continued onto Terminal Road where it ran into a van driven by Edwards around 2:14 p.m., according to the Ohio State Patrol.
The crash remains under investigation.
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