54-year-old woman dies month after crash involving semi in Greenville

A Versailles woman died Monday nearly a month after she was critically injured in crash involving a tractor-trailer in Darke County.

54-year-old Tena Black died at the EverHeart Hospice Care Center in Greenville, according to a spokesperson for the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.

Black was one of four people taken to the hospital after a crash involving a semi-trailer in Greenville on Dec. 18.

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Darke County deputies along with Greenville crews were called to an injury accident on U.S. 127 and Children’s Home Bradford Road around 8:40 p.m.

An initial investigation found that a Chevrolet Traverse driven by Randy Brunswick, 60, of Fort Loramie was traveling eastbound on Children’s Home Broadford Road when Brunswick failed to yield at a stop sign and traveled into the path of a semi-trailer driven by William Kellam, 42, of South Carolina.

After the collision, Brunswick’s car traveled across the median and came to rest in a ditch.

Brunswick along with his passengers, Black and two juveniles, were trapped in their car and had to be freed by the fire department.

Brunswick and the two juveniles were taken to Wayne Healthcare, but he was later taken to Miami Valley Hospital. Brunswick has since been released.

One of the juveniles was taken to Dayton Children’s Hospital where they were previously reported to be in stable condition. The other juvenile was released from Wayne Healthcare.

Black was taken to Miami Valley Hospital where she was listed to be in critical condition, but was later transferred into hospice care where she died.

Kellam denied medical treatment at the scene.

Deputies said alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the accident but it remains under investigation.