BRAD BAUER The Marietta Times ABOVE: A medic walks past the scene of a Tuesday wreck on Jennings Hill Road that injured six area teens. All of the teens were riding in the car, according to the Marietta post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Marietta City s’chools Bus No. 29 had two students aboard at the time of the crash. No one on the bus required medical transport. BELOW: The interior of the PT Cruiser.

A combination of speed and too many occupants in a car may have contributed to a Tuesday afternoon crash on Jennings Hill Road involving a carload of teens and a school bus. Six teens in a PT Cruiser were transported to area hospitals following the 4:30 p.m. wreck. Coty Adams, 17, of Whipple, was listed in serious condition this morning at Grant Medical Center in Columbus. The patrol listed Adams as a rear seat passenger in the car. Driver of the car is listed as Brandon Payne, 17, of Marietta. Others in the car, according to the patrol are: Jessica Handschumaker, 16, of Waterford; Jennifer Handschumaker, 16, of Waterford; Ryan Rivetta, 17, of Whipple; and Brittany Amage, 18, of Beverly. According to Lt. Mary Pfeifer, commander of the Marietta Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, the PT Cruiser failed to negotiate a curve and struck Marietta City School bus No. 29 about a tenth of a mile from Ohio 26. Investigators this morning were still trying to sort out details of the crash.