Serious injuries were reported following a one-vehicle crash that occurred shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday along State Route 292 in Perry Township.
Leah Smith, 16, of Belle Center, was a passenger in a vehicle that lost control in the area of Township Road 141 and overturned, deputies from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office report. She was taken by a MedFlight helicopter to Grant Medical Center with suspected serious injuries.
Dylan Jenkins, 17, of Ridgeway, reportedly was operating a Mercury Grand Marquis northbound on S.R. 292 when he lost control, traveled off the right of the road and struck a guardrail. The vehicle flipped onto its top before coming to rest in the ditch.
Jenkins did not report any injuries. The crash report indicates the driver was distracted by, (another) distraction inside the vehicle.”
Damage was heavy to the vehicle, which was towed from the scene.