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OSHP: Person sustains serious injuries in crash with garbage truck

Valerie Keefer, of Fayette, was airlifted to the hospital after being hit by a garbage truck in her vehicle in Fulton County Thursday.
Credit: WNEP

FULTON COUNTY, OHIO, Ohio — One person was airlifted to the hospital due to serious injuries sustained in a crash with a garbage truck in German Township, Fulton County, on Thursday.

Valerie Keefer, 56, of Fayette was driving southbound on County Road 20 when she was struck by a garbage driving westbound on U.S. 20A that she did not yield the right of way to, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a press release.

The garbage truck driver was not taken to the hospital, OSHP said.

The crash remains under investigation.

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