Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Butler wreck 3rd double fatality in under four weeks
BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
UNION TOWNSHIP — Pat Randolph cannot remember a time when there have been so many fatal accidents in such a short time on Butler County roads.
As chief investigator for the Butler County Coroner's Office, part of her job is to notify families that a loved one has been killed on the highway.
“It is a very, very bad part, and you don't get used to it,” she said.
Lately, Mrs. Randolph and Butler County Coroner Richard Burkhardt have been making a lot of those tearful visits. Since August, they have tracked down family members nine times to deliver the sad news.
“I don't know what's going on,” Mrs. Randolph said. “I've been here over eight years, and I've never seen that many over two months like we've had. It's been a busy two months.”
On Monday, Butler County recorded its third double-fatality auto accident in less than four weeks.
Cecil R. Shope, 55, of Cincinnati, and Sandra G. Shircliff, 47, of Maineville were killed when a 1992 Ford van crossed the center line and struck their 1996 Ford Explorer head-on, flipping it onto its top.
The Explorer was traveling west on Tylersville Road when it was hit. The accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. in the 4600 block of Tylersville Road near the intersection with Ohio 747.
The van driver, Jesus Padilla, 42, of Hamilton, was taken to Mercy Hospital Fairfield with minor injuries, Union Township Police Lt. David Kelly said.
Mr. Padilla is charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, a felony, and was released from the Butler County Jail on $20,000 bond. He is to be arraigned in Butler County Area 3 Court on Monday.
Police say alcohol may have been a factor in the wreck and are waiting on test results.
Ross High School cheerleader Missy Boling, 16, and her grandfather, Robert Sandlin, 70, died Sept. 7 when their car was struck on U.S. 27 by a van. Police say the van driver, Joseph Hoops, 36, of Hanover Township, was driving recklessly and had a blood-alcohol level about twice the legal limit.
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