Two killed in crash on state Route 7

Two killed in crash on state Route 7

MARIETTA

The State Highway Patrol says a driver hauling milk lost control of his truck in far southeast Ohio and struck several trees in a crash that killed the man and his passenger.

The crash happened early Thursday morning on state Route 7 near Marietta. State troopers say the truck veered into the median and then back across the roadway, where it hit the guardrail and several trees and landed on its side.

The driver was identified as 40-year-old Dwight Knapp of Marietta. The patrol said his passenger was 20-year-old Chyennea Jo Uppole of nearby Vincent, Ohio.

Both died at the scene. The patrol says they were not wearing seat belts.

Ohio schools to get $803M from lottery

CLEVELAND

The Ohio Lottery says public schools in the state will get $803 million in profits from a record-high $2.8 billion in lottery sales during the 2013 fiscal year.

The profits are transferred to a fund supporting public K-12 education. The amount transferred this year is about $32 million more than last fiscal year.

A statement from director Dennis Berg says the lottery is especially proud of drawing a record profit amid increased competition with the state’s four voter-approved casinos and the storefront sweepstakes parlors known as Internet cafes.

Lottery officials say revenue was boosted by slots-like video lottery terminals that opened at two horse racing tracks. The so-called racinos are in Columbus and North Randall. Five more are scheduled to open around Ohio by the end of 2014.

Boy driving golf cart hits and kills friend

BATAVIA, Ohio

A southwest Ohio sheriff says a 7-year-old child driving a golf cart to race a 6-year-old friend struck and killed the younger boy, who was on foot.

The Clermont County sheriff says the collision happened Wednesday afternoon as the boys approached a bend, and the golf cart stopped on top of the 6-year-old, trapping him until an adult arrived to lift it. Attempts to revive the boy weren’t successful.

The children were neighbors in the Stonelick Township area, just east of Cincinnati. Their names weren’t released.

It wasn’t clear how the boy came to be driving the cart. The sheriff says the driver’s grandfather and the victim’s father and grandmother were home but didn’t see the crash.

There was no immediate word on any possible charges as the investigation continues.

Sinkhole swallows moving car in Toledo

TOLEDO

A Toledo spokeswoman says the collapse of brick sewers beneath a road caused the sinkhole that swallowed a moving car in the northwest Ohio city.

The 60-year-old driver says she was running errands and headed to her nearby home Wednesday when the pavement gave way and her car fell into a hole estimated to be at least 10 feet deep. Pamela Knox tells The Blade newspaper (http://bit.ly/168YnzX ) she feared she would die as water from a broken pipe poured into the back seat of her car.

She was briefly trapped but climbed out using a ladder with help from a firefighter. She was shaken and checked at a hospital but wasn’t seriously hurt.

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