Teen girl dies, 2 others injured in Beavercreek Twp. crash

Fairborn High School cancels activities this weekend after student’s death.
A teen girl was killed and two more teens were injured in a crash involving a car and dump truck at the intersection of Treibein and Dayton-Xenia roads in Beavercreek Twp. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Credit: Marshall Gorby

A teen girl was killed and two more teens were injured in a crash involving a car and dump truck at the intersection of Treibein and Dayton-Xenia roads in Beavercreek Twp. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

All Fairborn Schools evening and weekend activities are canceled after the death of a student late Friday morning following a crash in Beavercreek Twp.

“I am saddened to inform you that a Fairborn High School student passed away as the result of an auto accident. Naturally, our staff, students and community are deeply affected by this tragedy,” Superintendent Gene Lolli stated in a letter to district families posted on social media.

Counselors will be available at the high school, and the commons area will be open from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, followed by a candlelight vigil, the letter stated.

A 1996 Kenworth dump truck driven by Robert Branham, 36, of New Carlisle, was headed south on Treibein Road shortly after 11:50 a.m. when he struck a 2012 Volkswagen Beetle headed east on Dayton-Xenia Road, according to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Xenia Post.

Inside the Volkswagen were three juveniles, whose names have not been released. The driver succumbed to her injuries at the scene. Her two passengers were taken to area hospitals by Beavercreek Twp. medics, troopers said.

The crash, which remains under investigation, shut down the intersection for about three hours.

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