Monday, 19 December 2011 10:23

Crash Kills One In Stark

Written by  Chris Keppler
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A 41-year old man is dead following a crash near Minerva Sunday evening.

State troopers say Stewart Lundquist, 23, was passing a car when his vehicle slammed into James Wriston, Junior's car.  Wriston was pronounced dead at the scene.  His passenger and Lundquist's passenger suffered serious injuries and were taken to Aultman Hospital. 

Wriston, Kendra Wriston, 32, and Trey Ellers, 28, who was a passenger in Lundquist's truck, were all wearing seatbelts.  Lundquist, who troopers say caused the crash, was not wearing a safety belt and his injuries were described as "non life-threatening."  

Troopers say their Northeast Regional Crash Reconstruction team was called in for help.  The crash is still under investigation.

Chris Keppler

Chris Keppler

Chris is the regular news anchor on WQMX's Wynn and Wilson in the Morning and WONE's Tim and Christi in the Morning programs. He first opened a microphone at WZIP-FM at The University of Akron in 1990 but got his first paid radio job delivering weekend news on WZKL-FM & WDPN-AM in Alliance. Chris then moved to WJER AM & FM in Dover where he reported on Tuscarawas County, including stories that made national headlines. Chris has been honored by his peers with first place awards from the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters including Best Reporter, Best Feature Story, and Best Broadcast Writing among others. In addition to his work as a broadcast journalist Chris has also worked in public relations and as an instructor at the University of Akron teaching Broadcast News Writing. Chris enjoys volunteer work, and has served on the boards of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters, Public Relations Society of America (Akron Area Chapter), American Cancer Society Hope Gala Committee and currently serves on the Green Baseball/Softball Federation Board. Contact Chris through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or email at ckeppler@rcrg.net

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