1 woman dead, another woman and 2 boys injured in head-on crash

RUSH TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - A crash in Tuscarawas County left one woman dead and three others, including two young boys, hospitalized Monday morning, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Just before 8 a.m., OSHP responded to Edwards Ridge Road in Rush Township for a crash involving a 2014 Ford Focus and a 2020 Kia Telluride.

OSHP said 29-year-old Megan Mazzoleni was driving the Ford, with a 6-year-old boy in the back seat, when she traveled left of center and struck the Kia head-on, which was driven by a 43-year-old woman who also had a 6-year-old boy in the back seat.

Mazzoleni was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was mechanically extricated from the Ford before she was pronounced dead at the scene, OSHP said.

The 43-year-old Kia driver was also mechanically extricated from her vehicle and was transported to Union Hospital by EMS, OSHP said. Her condition is unknown at this time.

Both 6-year-old boys were flown to Akron Children’s Hospital in unknown conditions.

OSHP said drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be a factor, and the crash remains under investigation.