A heavily damaged car illustrates how destructive a crash was Wednesday night along Beechmont Avenue."Just very sad, very sad," Margie Wright said. "It's a tough stretch of highway."Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said around 10 p.m., 48-year-old Andrea Bengal was driving westbound. Her car suddenly veered into a bike line on the other side of the road, where 57-year Jee Han Park and Joseph Sowma were walking.Calls to 911 captured what happened next."There's been a terrible accident on Beechmont Avenue," one 911 caller said."Somebody just went through a pole and they just split the pole," said another 911 caller. "The car is in half, almost. And they're not breathing, And it's somebody else on the side of the road hit, as well."Emergency crews found Park's body several feet away.Sowma, Park's 67-year-old husband, was not injured.Crews had to extricate Bengal from behind the wheel. She was trapped inside as live electric wires sparked outside the vehicle. Bengal was eventually flown by Air Care to UC Medical Center with serious injuries.The crash and its aftermath weighed heavily on Wright's mind Thursday as she watched her granddaughter play at nearby Beech Acres Park."Who knows where they were coming from," Wright said. "Maybe they thought it was easier to just walk, but unfortunately, yeah, I would I would not walk on there at nighttime. ... I'm sure everybody feels really bad whether you're from this community or not. I think everybody feels bad about that stretch of highway and the accidents that happen on it."The crash victim's home is just a few doors away from the deadly scene on Beechmont Avenue. A neighbor said Park and Sowma liked to take at least two or three walks a day.The crash investigation is ongoing. Deputies said Bengal was not wearing a seat belt. They do think drugs or alcohol played a role in the deadly collision.
A heavily damaged car illustrates how destructive a crash was Wednesday night along Beechmont Avenue.
"Just very sad, very sad," Margie Wright said. "It's a tough stretch of highway."
Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said around 10 p.m., 48-year-old Andrea Bengal was driving westbound. Her car suddenly veered into a bike line on the other side of the road, where 57-year Jee Han Park and Joseph Sowma were walking.
Calls to 911 captured what happened next.
"There's been a terrible accident on Beechmont Avenue," one 911 caller said.
"Somebody just went through a pole and they just split the pole," said another 911 caller. "The car is in half, almost. And they're not breathing, And it's somebody else on the side of the road hit, as well."
Emergency crews found Park's body several feet away.
Sowma, Park's 67-year-old husband, was not injured.
Crews had to extricate Bengal from behind the wheel. She was trapped inside as live electric wires sparked outside the vehicle. Bengal was eventually flown by Air Care to UC Medical Center with serious injuries.
The crash and its aftermath weighed heavily on Wright's mind Thursday as she watched her granddaughter play at nearby Beech Acres Park.
"Who knows where they were coming from," Wright said. "Maybe they thought it was easier to just walk, but unfortunately, yeah, I would I would not walk on there at nighttime. ... I'm sure everybody feels really bad whether you're from this community or not. I think everybody feels bad about that stretch of highway and the accidents that happen on it."
The crash victim's home is just a few doors away from the deadly scene on Beechmont Avenue. A neighbor said Park and Sowma liked to take at least two or three walks a day.
The crash investigation is ongoing. Deputies said Bengal was not wearing a seat belt. They do think drugs or alcohol played a role in the deadly collision.
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