Seventeen-12 months-old Tyler Zook was in the vehicle with 16-yr-aged Tyreese Smith early Saturday morning, before activities unfolded that led to both of those of their deaths, East Lampeter Township law enforcement confirmed Thursday morning.
Recent Conestoga Valley graduate Amalie Wendt, of Ronks, was the 3rd particular person in the 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe, which veered off into a field in the 500 block of Willow Road in East Lampeter Township, rolling quite a few periods right before coming to a halt on its aspect. Wendt, 18, was taken from the accident to a neighborhood healthcare facility for really serious injuries where she’s considering the fact that been introduced, police reported. The vehicle belonged to Wendt’s father, Gerhard Wendt.
East Lampeter law enforcement responded to a automobile crash at 12:13 a.m. on Saturday soon after Wendt created a 911 get in touch with, where by a 16-yr-previous boy – verified by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office previously this 7 days as Smith – died. He died of mechanical asphyxia owing to many traumatic injuries in the crash. His death was ruled accidental.
East Lampeter law enforcement spokesman Lt. Rob Eachus said speed influenced the crash.
When at the scene, a simply call came in at 1:54 a.m. for officers to respond to an incident just around a mile absent from the scene in which a 17-yr-previous boy was located dead. The Coroner’s Workplace confirmed the teenager was Zook and ruled the loss of life a suicide.
LNP|LancasterOnline does not normally report on suicides, apart from in circumstances exactly where the circumstances are uncommon, the particular person associated is very well known or the death was publicly disruptive.
Smith’s mom, Bernice McKenzie, reported Smith would have still left for perform at the Sonic Push-In on East Lincoln Freeway all-around 6 p.m. on Friday and would’ve long gone property a tiny after 11 p.m. A Sonic personnel who declined to be discovered confirmed Smith worked there and still left at 11:30 p.m. Friday. The staff mentioned Smith typically obtained a trip to function but was not positive how he bought to Sonic that working day. McKenzie also wasn’t confident how he acquired there.
In accordance to his obituary, Zook was a cook dinner at the similar Sonic as Smith. Eachus reported Zook was not functioning at the Sonic that evening.
Smith and Zook were being both of those football players at Conestoga Valley Senior Higher School. In accordance to the Lancaster-Lebanon League football rosters, Zook experienced just finished his junior yr and Smith concluded his sophomore year.
Data that was released Thursday was shared with McKenzie Wednesday night time right after she was interviewed by a reporter.
“I wished to thank (the police) for last but not least sitting down down and being so uncomplicated and forthcoming and giving me the information that they can give me,” McKenzie said. “I know that there is certainly nevertheless a great deal of unanswered questions but I was in a position to get some responses and I was just super appreciative of that simple fact that they did give me info and how significantly they built me sense supported.”
Law enforcement have not released facts on the instances surrounding the crash or Wendt’s injuries.
Team Author Ashley Stalnecker contributed to this report.