A head-on auto accident on

I-75 in Ohio Monday afternoon claimed the lives of three Peachtree City

residents.

Nancy Hinkle and her twin 4-year-old

daughters, Emily and Elizabeth, were pronounced dead at the scene of the

accident, according to a dispatcher for the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Her husband, Gary, survived

the accident and was flown to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. He was

listed in serious condition Tuesday afternoon, according to a hospital

spokeswoman.

The Hinkles were traveling

south on the interstate when a sport utility vehicle heading north crossed

the 60-foot median and struck their 1999 Buick Park Avenue head-on during

a period of heavy rain, the dispatcher said. The driver, Gerrad Rushlow,

19, of Newport, Mich., told police his 1996 Ford Explorer hydroplaned,

causing it to veer off the roadway.

The accident occurred approximately

29 miles north of Cincinnati, near the town of Lebanon.

It is not known if charges

will be filed against Rushlow, the dispatcher noted. That decision will

be left up to prosecutors and the investigating trooper, Kevin Bryant,

she said.

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