Middletown Crash Had Two Survivors

(4:30 p.m.: The official report naming those killed in the crash is still not available. See obituary listings for local teens Ross B. Conrady, Katherine “Katie” Carpentier and Christopher J. McGlasson.)

[February 18, 2008]  LDN is waiting for official confirmation of the deceased in a crash Friday night near Middletown.

Two survivors of the crash are LCHS graduates. Zachary "Zach" Rickord, 19, and Clark Schoonover, 20, were rescued from the truck and taken to Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. Rickord was reported to be in serious condition and Schoonover in fair condition on Sunday night.

Rickord and Schoonover attend Springfield College in Illinois, Benedictine University.

[LDN]

Article posted Saturday:

• Four Teens Killed in Crash Near Middletown