Coroner identifies 3 killed after wrong-way crash in West Chester (2024)

ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, GETTING NEW INFORMATION FOR YOU ABOUT THE THREE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THAT WEST CHESTER CRASH SUNDAY. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLING 911, SAYING THAT A DRIVER WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY. IT’S JUST A HEARTBREAKING HERE. RIGHT DURING THE EVENING, WLWT, WLWT, NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA LISTENED TO THOSE 911 CALLS, OFFERED SOME NEW DETAILS ABOUT JUST HOW CHAOTIC THE SCENE WAS, AND AGAIN, WE’RE GETTING NEW INFORMATION NOW ABOUT THOSE VICTIMS. HI, GIACOMO. HI, SHEREE. HI, MIKE. THE BUTLER COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE JUST RELEASING THE NAMES OF THE THREE VICTIMS INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH. WE LEARNED 65 YEAR OLD GREGORY MEYER, AS WELL AS 52 YEAR OLD NICOLE COLLINS AND 52 YEAR OLD MICHAEL PELTON, ALL INVOLVED, AND DIED IN THAT CRASH JUST LAST NIGHT. NOW, THE WEST CHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED 911 CALLS EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE INCIDENT. SEVERAL WITNESSES TELLING 911 THEY SAW AN SUV SPEEDING THE WRONG WAY AND NEARLY COLLIDING WITH THEM NORTH ON COX ROAD BEFORE SLAMMING HEAD-ON INTO ANOTHER CAR. NOW LISTEN TO WHAT THESE WITNESSES TOLD. 911. AN SUV I’M PRETTY SURE IT WAS FULL BORE. I DON’T KNOW, BUT HE WAS REALLY FLYING AND HIT ANOTHER CAR HEAD ON THERE. THE CAR LIKE SPLIT IN HALF. THERE’S GOT TO BE DEATHS. THERE HAS TO BE A MAROON SUV THAT IS DRIVING THE WRONG DIRECTION ERRATICALLY. UM, I SEE ABOUT HIT ME HEAD ON AND ABOUT HIT SEVERAL OTHERS HEAD ON AND HE DID HIT SOMEBODY HEAD ON. NOW, THE WEST CHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS INCIDENT ALL STARTED ABOUT HALF A MILE THAT WAY OVER THE VOICE OF AMERICA CENTER. A LITTLE STRIP MALL IN THAT AREA. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A CRASH RIGHT BEFORE THAT. NO INJURIES. AND RELATED TO THAT SUV. STILL UNCLEAR WHY EXACTLY THAT SUV WAS DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND AT THIS POINT TONIGHT, WE DON’T KNOW WHICH OF THE VICTIMS WERE IN, WHICH OF THE VEHICLES WE’RE L