The car accident that sent a 16-year-old Neosho Falls girl to the hospital Friday afternoon was a family affair.
Olivia McCullough, a Crest High School junior, was traveling westbound on West Virginia Road, just west of Old U.S. Highway 169, when she lost control of her 1996 Chevy Lumina.
McCullough’s brother, Shawn McCullough, 24, was a passenger in a Chevy pickup that was traveling east bound on West Virginia Road.
Shawn McCullough said before the two vehicles passed each other his sister lost control of the vehicle before rolling twice.
The driver of the pickup swerved to the right to avoid a collision. The Lumina came to rest on its wheels in the north ditch.
Speed and loose gravel contributed to the wreck.
“The only thing I could think was I didn’t want anything bad to happen,” Shawn McCullough said, referring to what crossed his mind when he saw his sister’s vehicle go out of control. “She’s my only sister.”
Olivia McCullough, who wasn’t wearing her seatbelt, was taken to Allen County Hospital in an ambulance with a head injury, which her brother said wasn’t serious.
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