3 dead after head-on collision in Clermont County

TONIGHT FROM NEIGHBORS. DANIELLE COURTIS, THAT STRETCH : OF ROAD HAS SEEN ITS FAIR SHARE OF TRAGEDIES. THIS MORNING’S CRASH KILLED THREE PEOPLE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, NEIGHBORS ARE TELLING US SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN. >> IT’S HEARTBREAKING TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN HERE SO MANY TIMES. DANIELLE: GETTING CHOKED UP, IT IS HARD TO BLAME DAN RICHTER AFTER THE MORNING HE HAS HAD. >> WHEN I SAW A MAN CRYING, WALKING UP FROM THE AMBULANCE, I KNEW SOMEONE HAD PASSED AWAY, AND HE WAS JUST DREAMING, “NO, NO, NO,” AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT — THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME. DANIELLE: THE MEN RICHTER SAW WAS WALKNG UP FROM THIS HORRIFIC SCENE. A HEAD ON CRASH ON ROUTE 125, THAT LEFT 3 PEOPLE DEAD, . HIGHWAY PATROL TELLS US 66-YEAR-OLD DEBORAH MELL, WAS DRIVING HER HONDA CIVIC EASTBOUND WHEN IT CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT A TOYOTA COROLLA. TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER OF THAT CAR, 35-YEAR-OLD JEFFERY CHAMPMAN AND 34-YEAR-OLD RACHEAL MILLER WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, NEITHER WERE WEARING A SEATBELT. >> HONESTLY, I’M GETTING REALLY TIRED OF PEOPLE GETTING KILLED HERE. DANIELLE RICHTER LIVES ALONG : THIS STRETCH OF ROUTE 125. SUNDAY’S FATAL CRASH THE THIRD TRAGEDY HE’S HAD TO WITNESS. >> I DON’T WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN.

OSHP: 3 dead after head-on collision in Clermont County

Updated: 10:09 PM EDT Aug 14, 2022

Three people have died in a head-on collision in Clermont County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.Troopers say the crash happened around 8:52 a.m. Sunday on State Route 125 at milepost 11 in Tate Township.Official say preliminary investigation shows a 2016 Honda Civic was traveling eastbound on SR 125 when it crossed over the centerline and hit a 2004 Toyota Corolla.Officials say three people – Deborah Mell, 66, the driver of the Civic; Jeffery Champan, 35, the driver of the Corolla; and Racheal Miller, 34, a passenger in the Corolla – all sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.Troopers say Mell was wearing a seatbelt. Chapman and Miller, officials say, were not.The crash remains under investigation by troopers.

CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio —

Three people have died in a head-on collision in Clermont County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

Troopers say the crash happened around 8:52 a.m. Sunday on State Route 125 at milepost 11 in Tate Township.

Official say preliminary investigation shows a 2016 Honda Civic was traveling eastbound on SR 125 when it crossed over the centerline and hit a 2004 Toyota Corolla.

Officials say three people – Deborah Mell, 66, the driver of the Civic; Jeffery Champan, 35, the driver of the Corolla; and Racheal Miller, 34, a passenger in the Corolla – all sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.

Troopers say Mell was wearing a seatbelt. Chapman and Miller, officials say, were not.

The crash remains under investigation by troopers.