With bloodshot eyes and shaky hands, seven sets of parents hovered over their children's bedsides Saturday, praying they would survive a horrendous rollover crash the night before that left their children hospitalized.

        Three separate crashes occurred in Warren, Clinton and Montgomery counties Friday within a 6 1/2-hour span.

        In all, two people were killed and eight hospitalized. By Saturday evening, one person — Eddie Deaton, a 15-year-old Springboro High School student hurt in the rollover — was well enough to go home.

        “It was panic city,” said Jodie Wilson of Springboro, describing the emotions she felt since learning Friday evening that her daughter, Molly, 16, had been rushed to Middletown Regional Hospital for treatment of a punctured lung and a broken back, leg and pelvis.

        Molly and her best friend, Lauren Wiercinski, 16, of Springboro, work at the same dry-cleaning business in town, Mrs. Wilson said.

        After work Friday, they jumped into Lauren's sport-utility vehicle and picked up four friends and Lauren's brother, Adam, 13, on their way to Springboro's game against Edgewood.

Wilson	Wiercinski
Blevins	Makse

        Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol post in Lebanon said there are conflicting reports about who was behind the wheel when the vehicle went out of control on Ohio 741, in Warren County's Clearcreek Township, shortly before 7:30 p.m.

        The teens, who weren't wearing seat belts, were all ejected when the car rolled several times into a field, said troopers, who believe speed was a factor.

        No charges have been filed.

        Four teens, including Lauren and her brother, were transported by helicopter to Miami Valley Medical Center in Dayton. Three were taken to Middletown Regional Hospital.

        On Saturday at Miami Valley, Lauren was in fair condition; Adam was serious; Josh Ogelsby, 15, and Angela Blevins, 16, both of Springboro, were critical.

        At Middletown, Wick Makse, 15, of Lebanon was in fair condition and Molly was in serious condition.

        Eddie went home Saturday.

        “It's a blessing. I was just wondering if she was going to make it,” Mrs. Wilson said after Molly underwent surgery for her broken leg. She faces two months of therapy before she can again walk normally.

        At least 10 of Molly's friends and family joined Mrs. Wilson. They had already flooded the family with cards, teddy bears and balloons.

        Alexis Poelking, 16, a Springboro High School junior, hugged Mrs. Wilson after Molly's surgery. She learned of the crash when a frantic, crying friend called her on the phone.

        The crash horrified her.

        “It makes you sick to your stomach,” Alexis said. “It makes you want to wear your seat belt.”

        Elsewhere Friday:

        About 9:30 p.m., Lawrence Dobbins, 47, of Miamisburg was entering Ohio 741 traffic in Miami Township (Montgomery County) when his vehicle slid under a gasoline tanker truck, about 200 yards north of the Interstate 675 interchange. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

        The truck driver, Michael Reid, 38, of Cincinnati, was not injured.

        The accident occurred about 10 miles north of the earlier one. Troopers from the Ohio State Patrol Post in Englewood said alcohol may have been a factor.

        At 3:10 p.m., McKenzie Crawford, 17, of Xenia was northbound on U.S. 68, just south of Westboro in Clinton County, when her vehicle swerved across the center line and struck a vehicle driven by Becky Waits, 27, of Georgetown, according to troopers at the Ohio State Patrol Post in Wilmington.

        Ms. Waits sustained fatal injuries. Ms. Crawford was in critical condition Saturday at Miami Valley Hospital.

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