A 24-year-old Fostoria woman was killed on Thursday night in Wood County, Ohio, after the SUV she was driving failed to stop at a stop sign, struck a semi-truck at a rural intersection and became trapped underneath its trailer, the Wood County Sheriff's Office said.

Source: Wood County Sheriff's Office via 106.3 The Fox

Deputies responded at 8:57 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2026, to the crash at Sugar Ridge Road and Dunbridge Road in Middleton Township, north of Bowling Green, according to the sheriff's office news release. The victim was identified on Friday as Cheyenne Rock, 24, of Fostoria.

What the sheriff's office says happened

Rock was driving a white 2015 Ford Edge westbound on Sugar Ridge Road. The preliminary investigation found that the Ford Edge did not stop at the stop sign at Dunbridge Road, the sheriff's office said.

At the same time, a white 2019 International semi-tractor pulling a van trailer was travelling northbound on Dunbridge Road, driven by a 61-year-old man from rural Fostoria. The sheriff's office said the semi had the right of way through the intersection.

The SUV struck the semi and became trapped underneath the trailer. Both vehicles continued north on Dunbridge Road before coming to rest partly on the roadway and partly in a field, according to the release.

8:57 p.m.Time deputies responded, Thu Nov 12
24Age of Cheyenne Rock of Fostoria
2015 Ford EdgeSUV driven west on Sugar Ridge Road
2019 InternationalSemi-tractor with van trailer, northbound

Rescue effort and hospital flight

Rock was freed from the Ford Edge and flown by Mercy Life Flight to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, where she later died, the sheriff's office said. Assisting at the scene were Middleton Township Fire and EMS, Bowling Green Fire and EMS, Perrysburg Township Fire, Mercy Life Flight and Ray's Towing.

The sheriff's office said both drivers were wearing seat belts, and impairment does not appear to be a factor in the crash. The semi driver was not publicly identified in the sheriff's release.

Why this intersection matters for truckers

Sugar Ridge and Dunbridge are rural two-lane roads north of Bowling Green, the kind of crossing where a loaded semi travelling with the right of way has no room and no time to stop for a vehicle that runs a stop sign. The sheriff's account puts the truck lawfully in the intersection when the SUV entered it — a reminder, for every driver sharing rural Ohio roads with freight traffic, that stop-sign compliance at unlit country crossings is a life-and-death matter.

What happens next

The crash remains under investigation by the Wood County Sheriff's Office. Deputies have not announced any citation or charge, and no further official detail — including the semi driver's account — had been released as of Friday night. WTOL 11 in Toledo and the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune reported the same sheriff's office account of the crash on Friday.

Source: WTOL 11

Awaaz Punjab extends its condolences to Cheyenne Rock's family and friends. This report will be updated if the sheriff's office releases further findings.