Young said the road was damp from the cold. Young said he didn't think alcohol was involved, although toxicology tests would be performed. Excellent kids,' said Principal Harry Weil. Vedilago, of Seldom Seen Lane, was a senior while the others were sophomores. The passengers in Vedilago's car - Adam Protzman, 16, of Butler Ryan McCaffrey, 16, of Prospect and Sarah Steiner, 15, of Prospect - all died of blunt-force trauma, said Butler County Deputy Coroner William F. The four teen-agers in the compact car, all Slippery Rock Area High School students, were killed in the crash, which happened at about 12:30 p.m. Vedilago, 18, of Slippery Rock, was speeding on a rural road and lost control of the compact car he was driving, which spun around and was hit in the passenger side by a full-size car. Zeigler said toxicology tests have been ordered but results are not in yet.įour Butler County teen-agers returning from a New Year's party were killed Tuesday when their speeding car went out of control and collided with another car, authorities said. Police said they believe alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash. I feel very bad for him and his family,' he said. McIntire said it was very sad that Shaffer was killed. He said the stone foundation was demolished and there are only two rooms in the house that don't have cracks in the ceiling or walls. McIntire said the car did a 'tremendous amount of damage' to his wooden home.

He compared the experience to the 15 months he spent in Korea and said the memories came back to him. McIntire said the sound of the car hitting the house sounded like an artillery shell striking and exploding. He continued on and plowed right into the side of the house.'

'He came straight through and hit a little tree in the neighbor's yard and that kind of turned the car a little bit. Residents Roy and Virginia McIntire were at home when Shaffer's car slammed into their house. His car crossed the southbound lane, left the road and hit a tree, which sent the car spinning into the house. Shaffer was heading north on Route 58 toward Greenville at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a right curve in the road, police said. Charles Ziegler after the accident at 11:10 p.m. Shaffer was pronounced dead at the scene by Mercer County Deputy Coroner Dr. Shaffer, 35, of 126 District Road, died after his car crashed into a house on state Route 58 near the intersection with Kidds Mill Road in Delaware Township, state police said. 2, 2002Ī Delaware Township man and four Butler County teen-agers were killed New Year's Eve in separate car wrecks.

Butler eagle car crash