PERRY COUNTY, OH. (THECOUNT) — Newark, Ohio men, Richard A. Mosholder and Christian J. Forgery have been identified as the victims in a double-fatal crash in Perry County early Friday, according to reports.
Mosholder, 51, and Forgery, 19, were killed in a Perry County crash early Friday after midnight.
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Troopers say, the pair were traveling in a Pontiac Solstice on OH-204, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The vehicle then struck an embankment before coming to a rest after coming into contact with a grouping of trees around 12:30 a.m. Friday morning.
The driver, Mosholder, and his passenger, Forgery, were both pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
Troopers continue to investigate the crash.
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Geo quick facts: Perry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,058. Its county seat is New Lexington. Founded on March 1, 1818, from parts of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum counties, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio – Wikipedia.