4 injured when SUV goes off I-75, overturns

4/5/2005

LIMA, Ohio - Four people were hurt yesterday when their sport utility vehicle went off I-75 and overturned twice, throwing all of the passengers out of the vehicle.

The Ohio Highway Patrol said Tracy Horvath, 32, of Cridersville was southbound about midnight when she failed to negotiate a curve. Her vehicle went off the road, overturned, struck a guardrail, overturned a second time, and hit a bridge pillar. She and her passengers, Alexis Horvath, 3, and Michelle Conley, 20, were in critical condition at Lima Memorial Hospital. Another passenger, Yancey Horvath, 5, was in critical condition at Toledo Children's Hospital.

Troopers said none of the occupants wore a safety belt.