A 2014 Waste Management garbage truck was headed south on Washington Road when a 2007 Ford Focus headed west on Eldean Road stopped at a stop sign but failed to yield and pulled into the path of the garbage truck, according to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Piqua Post.
The Ford was hit in the rear passenger side and came to rest in a field southwest of the intersection, and both vehicles sustained heavy damage and were towed from the scene, troopers said.
The driver of the Ford, 34-year-old Sara Kunce of West Milton, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Upper Valley Medical Center.
Her son Samuel Lockhart, 8, also was taken to Upper Valley Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Kunce’s daughter, 14-year-old Natalie Kunce, was flown to Miami Valley Hospital with life-threatening injuries, troopers said.
The driver of the truck, Robert Smith, 54, of Fairborn, was not injured.
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