According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol a 2000 Ford Excursion moved to the left lane in an attempt to pass a 2006 GMC Savanna. The Excursion then struck the left the rear corner of the Savanna, lost control and rolled multiple times, before coming to rest off the east edge of SR7.

The driver and front seat passenger of the Excursion were both ejected during the crash. The driver, Jeffrey Ray Sherman, 43, of Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at the scene. The front seat passenger, Kenneth W. Treadway, 43, of Gibraltar, Michigan, was flown to the Ohio Valley Medical Center and then to Ruby Memorial Hospital with critical injuries. The rear passenger, Anthony E. Littke, 40, of Detroit, Michigan, was taken by ground to Wetzel County Hospital with serious injuries.

Ricky W. Booth, 48, of Marietta, Ohio, was the driver of the Savanna. He was treated for minor injuries.

Nobody in the Excursion was wearing a seatbelt, police said, and alcohol is believed to be a factor.