Six Vehicle Serious Injury Crash

• September 28, 2024

Six Vehicle Serious Injury Crash

 

Perkins Township- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a serious six vehicle injury crash, that occurred on September 27, 2024 at approximately 08:12 P.M. on Perkins Avenue near the intersection of Hayes Avenue in the Township of Perkins, Erie County.

 

Tiffany Knight, 38, from Sandusky, Ohio, was driving a 2015 Cadillac ATS westbound when she struck the left rear of a Toyota Tacoma operated by Kent Galbraith, 3 1, from Sacramento, California. After this initial impact, Ms. Knight continued westbound, traveled left of center and struck a 2012 Ford Focus driven by 21-year-old Sapphire Hackathorn, also from Sandusky.

 

The collision caused Knight’s vehicle to spin into a westbound Ford Explorer driven by Jami Messer, 38, from Mansfield, Ohio. Hackathorn then sfruck a 2016 Ford Escape operated by 80-year-old Millie McCready from Huron, Ohio, and a 2018 Jeep Cherokee driven by 32-year-old Sabrina Crawford-Gerber from Castalia, Ohio.

 

Both Knight and Hackathorn sustained injuries and were transported by Perkins EMS to Firelands Hospital.

 

Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash.

 

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation, with assistance from the Perkins Police Department, Perkins Fire & EMS, and Wilson’s Towing.

 

The crash remains under investigation

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