MARGARETTA TWP. — The 15-year-old student who died Saturday night was killed in a side-by-side off-road vehicle crash during an after-party following Margaretta High School’s homecoming dance, according to the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.
Jaden M. Acheson was pronounced deceased at the scene after sustaining severe blunt force trauma to his head, according to a sheriff’s investigation report.
Deputies and Margaretta Township Fire Department first responders were dispatched at about 10:18 p.m. to a property on Martins Point Road in response to 9-1-1 calls reporting an unconscious juvenile with a head injury who was not breathing.
Families were gathered at the property for an after-party following Margaretta High School’s homecoming. Teenagers arrived at the residence around 9:15 p.m. and began operating utility vehicles on the property, the report states.
