WARREN, Ohio - 7am Sunday morning 8 teens were drive a SUV without permission when they crashed into a guardrail and flipped over into a pond killing 5 boys and the female driver.
The Honda Passport, which seats 5, was driving in Northwest Ohio about 50 miles from Cleveland when it veered and hit a guardrail. Investigators say it came to rest upside down in the swamp and sank with five of the victims trapped inside. A sixth, who was thrown from the SUV during the crash, was found under it when the vehicle was taken out of the water.
The two boys who survived escaped from the submerged vehicle and ran a quarter-mile to a home to call 911, the highway patrol said.
State Highway Patrol Lt. Brian Holt said at an evening news conference that speed was a factor, although investigators were still trying to determine the speed at the time of the accident.
"We will not be speculating on alcohol and-or drug usage pending toxicology reports," Holt said.
No one in the vehicle had permission to take it, but there were no theft reports, Holt said. The vehicle was licensed to a resident of Youngstown, about 20 miles away, he said.
So sad. Taken way to soon.
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