Troopers say alcohol, speed are factors in double fatal

WARREN — Troopers say alcohol and high speed were involved in a single-car accident early Saturday that killed two people and injured three others on North Leavitt Road.

Passengers Benjamin Bosley, 25, of Leavittsburg, and Rory J. Drnek, 25, of Mansfield were pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened near Canoe City, just north of West Market Street.

Being treated in the intensive care unit at St. Elizabeth Health Center are the driver, David A. Eubank, 24, of Newton Falls, and Michael Lester, 24, of Leavittsburg.

A third passenger, Amber Hann, 23, of Newton Falls, was initially taken to Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital, where she was in critical condition, and then transferred to St. Elizabeth Health Center, but St. Elizabeth’s had no record of her on Monday afternoon.

The highway patrol said the vehicle was southbound at high speed, slid off the right side of the road and struck a tree.

The vehicle was torn in half, ejecting all five occupants, none of whom were wearing seat belts. The crash remains under investigation, said Sgt. Jeff Klem.