16-year-old Upper Sandusky girl dead after single-vehicle accident

UPPER SANDUSKY, OH (TiffinOhio.net News) — An Upper Sandusky teenager has died following a single-vehicle accident, according to police.

The Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office states that Gabrielle S. Swartz, 16, died as a front-seat passenger in a vehicle on SR 231 on Thursday afternoon.

Swartz was the passenger of a vehicle driven by Hannah M. Balduf, 17.

Balduf was initially taken to the Wyandot Memorial Hospital before being taken via helicopter to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

A third vehicle occupant who was unnamed and was sitting in the rear was also transported to Wyandot Memorial where she was released Thursday.

The accident remains under investigation.