In The News 14 May 2025

OSH Patrol investigating school bus Crash with injuries in Adams County

GEORGETOWN – The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a single vehicle school bus crash that occurred on state Route 125 on May 14 at approximately 6:30 a.m. in Tiffin Township, Adams County.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2018 Thomas Built school bus from the Adams County Ohio Valley School District was being driven westbound on state Route 125 by Russell Ricketts Jr., 30, from Manchester. 

The vehicle drove off the right side of the roadway and struck a culvert, an embankment, and a large rock prior to coming to final rest. The bus was transporting 16 students at the time of the crash. Thirteen of the 16 students on board the bus received medical treatment at local medical facilities for minor non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the bus was also treated for minor injuries. Parents were notified of the crash by the Adams County Ohio Valley School District staff.

The crash remains under investigation by the Georgetown Post.

Troopers on scene were assisted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, West Union Fire and EMS, and Manchester Fire and EMS.

Add new comment

This is not for publication.
This is not for publication.
About text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
Article comments are not posted immediately to the Web site. Each submission must be approved by the Web site editor, who may edit content for appropriateness. There may be a delay of 24-48 hours for any submission while the web site editor reviews and approves it. Note: All information on this form is required. Your telephone number and email address is for our use only, and will not be attached to your comment.
CAPTCHA This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.