WELLER TWP. — A 19-year-old Shiloh resident was killed and a 19-year-old Mansfield woman was seriously injured early this morning following a single-vehicle crash in Richland County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers from the Mansfield Patrol Post responded to the crash shortly after midnight, at 12:13 a.m., on Robinson Road near Pittenger Road in the township.
Emma Amert, 19, of Mansfield, was traveling northwest on Robinson Road when the vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree. A passenger in the vehicle, Conner Yenni, 19, of Shiloh, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Amert was transported by emergency responders to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital with serious injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.