![]() Authorities said severe winds and heavy rain may have contributed to the crash, which happened on Interstate 71 near Verona, Ky., about 25 miles south of Cincinnati. The students, all 19, were returning from Panama City, Fla., on March 15, 2002, when their minivan slid into oncoming traffic and was struck by a tractor-trailer. Ten years ago six Bowling Green students were killed returning home from a spring break trip to Florida. On Monday, three students were fatally shot and two others were wounded at Chardon High School east of Cleveland. It was the second school tragedy in five days in Ohio. The university’s spring break begins Saturday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the students were going north on the interstate on the way to the Detroit airport. The school’s President Mary Ellen Mazey said in a Facebook posting that the two students were hospitalized with serious injuries. The injured were identified as Angelica Mormile, 19, a freshman from Garfield Heights, Ohio, and Kayla Somoles, 19, a sophomore from Cleveland. The university identified those killed as Rebekkah Blakkolb, 20, a junior from Aurora, Ohio, Christina Goyett, 19, a sophomore from Bay City, Mich., and Sarah Hammond, 21, a junior from Yellow Springs, Ohio. The campus was working with police and hospital officials to notify families of the victims. ![]() The university said the students were members of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. They were just driving northbound and a woman driving in the opposite direction in the wrong way on the roadway hit them head-on.” The woman was traveling alone. “The college girls apparently did nothing wrong. Nothing they could have done to avoid the crash,” Wasylyshyn said. “I don’t think the college girls ever saw it coming. Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn said the accident occurred at a crest in the highway and he doubts the northbound student who was driving had any warning. ![]() on Interstate 75 south of Toledo, just miles from the campus. ![]() BOWLING GREEN (AP) - A driver going the wrong way on a highway crashed head-on into a car carrying five Bowling Green State University sorority sisters who were going out of town ahead of spring break, killing herself and three of the students and leaving two other students injured. ![]()
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