Teen driving student, teacher killed in crash
WATERVILLE, Ohio — A teenage student driver and his instructor out for a lesson on an Ohio road have been killed in a two-vehicle crash at an intersection.
An Ohio Highway Patrol preliminary investigation indicates 16-year-old Joseph Franks was driving a car in Waterville Township while Thomas Smith was instructing him Monday. It says they drove past a stop sign and were hit by a minivan.
Lt. Bill Bowers says the car flipped and ended up in a nearby house’s yard.
The student driver and the instructor died at the scene.
