Bianca Bepler, 20, an Eastern Michigan University student, drowned, after her vehicle failed to stop at an intersection, crashed through a guardrail, and overturned in Otter Creek, near Oregon Ohio.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:23am
Accident Date: 
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Canal Winchester Woman Was Speeding Before Car Went Into Creek.

A report says a 20-year-old woman was driving 60 mph in a 35-mph zone when she crashed through a guardrail and landed upside down in a northwest Ohio creek.

1 dead after car overturns into Otter Creek in Oregon.

Oregon police confirmed today that a woman is dead after her car plunged into the south end of Otter Creek in the city of Oregon.

Driver, 20, with family in Columbus, dies when car plunges into Toledo-area creek.

Authorities say a 20-year-old woman with family in Columbus died after losing control of her car and plunging into Otter Creek in northwestern Ohio.

Eastern Michigan University student, 20, dies in Ohio car crash.

A 20-year-old student from Eastern Michigan University died over the weekend in a vehicle accident in Ohio.

A 20-year-old student from Eastern Michigan University died over the weekend in a vehicle accident in Ohio.

Bianca Bepler’s vehicle was found partially submerged Sunday in the Otter Creek in Oregon, Ohio.

Police said in a news release that it appears the vehicle failed to stop for a flashing red traffic signal on Millard Avenue, crashed through a guardrail and “vaulted off the end of the roadway into the swampy area.” The vehicle, a black Chevrolet Impala, was found overturned east of the intersection of Millard Avenue and Otter Creek Road.

A bicyclist riding on Otter Creek Road around 10 a.m. Sunday noticed the vehicle and alerted police, the paper reported.

E.M.U.’s student newspaper, said an autopsy performed Monday showed that Bepler drowned.

Bepler had been studying sport performance and fitness and worked as a personal trainer, the paper said.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Bianca Bepler
Roadway: 
Millard Avenue
City: 
Oregon, OH
Area: 
Toledo, OH

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