MAD RIVER TWP, OH : 16-year-old killed in crash on Sunday, October, 15th 2017

A school district will be closed Monday following an incident Sunday night.

The crash happened on Fowler Rd. south of Rebert Pike around 4:15 p.m.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the driver of a Chevy Lumina went off the road and struck a utility pole, a fence post, another utility pole, a fence and a tree.

The driver has been identified as a 16-year-old who was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A passenger, Kenny DePhillip was pronounced dead at the scene.

DePhillip was a student in the Greenon Local Schools District.

The district posted the following on their website:

Greenon Local Schools will be closed on Monday, Oct. 16. The entire Greenon Family is saddened to share that a high school student was killed this afternoon in a car crash and a second student was injured in the crash.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two students involved in the crash. The student who died, Kenny DePhillip, is a junior at Greenon High School and part of the Greenon Band Family. We extend our thoughts and prayers to his family and friends, and to the family of the student who was injured in the crash.
While school will not be in session on Monday, we will have counselors available for students at Greenon Junior/Senior High School from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students may come to the school to talk with a counselor or can call the school at 937-340-6372 ext. 5000 if they would like a counselor to call them.
A vigil for the students will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, at Greenon High School.

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Students, staff hold vigil to remember 16-year-old killed in crash