By CRAIG ALLISONSTAFF WRITER
Published: Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:56 AM EDT
A West Portsmouth man was killed in a three car accident in Pickaway County at 12:19 p.m. Friday. The accident occurred on State Route 104, just north of the intersection with State Route 316 in Scioto Township. The dead man was identified as Samuel J. Carver, 46.
According to Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight Radcliff, Carver was southbound in a 2000 Cougar and was in the process of slowing his vehicle because a vehicle in front of him had slowed and made a left turn into a driveway. When Carver slowed his vehicle he was struck from the rear by a 1989 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Robert Hammonds, 23, of Portsmouth. Hammonds was towing a second vehicle with his pickup truck. The impact from the crash forced Carver’s vehicle into the northbound lanes of traffic where it was struck by a 2009 Toyota Tacoma driven by Beverly Rentz, 54, of Thompson Road, Ashville. According to Pickaway County Deputy Sheriff Todd Fortner who is coordinating the crash investigation, Carver and Hammonds were traveling together as part of a group of persons transporting vehicles from the Grove City Auto Auction and were enroute back to Portsmouth when the accident took place. Carver was removed from the wreckage and was transported to Grant Medical Center in Columbus where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Rentz was transported to Grant by medics from the Harrison Township Fire Department. According to Fortner her condition listed by hospital personnel Friday evening was stable “but requiring surgical intervention.” Hammonds was not injured in the crash. According to Deputy Fortner, Carver was the only driver not wearing a seat belt. Deputy Fortner was assisted at the scene by PCSO Deputies Hunter Lane and Casey Thress, Ohio Highway Patrol troopers from Post 65, and a medic unit from the Jackson Township Fire Department from Grove City. Fortner stated that the accident remained under investigation Friday evening and that charges could be filed against Hammonds pending completion of that investigation.
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