MERCER COUNTY, Ohio (WLIO) - A New Paris man who caused a fatal car-versus-buggy crash in Mercer County has been sentenced to prison.
Trey Frech, 25, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison in Mercer County Common Pleas Court earlier today. He previously pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and three counts of vehicular assault.
Trey Frech
In December 2023, Mercer County deputies said Frech was heading north on State Route 49 when he switched lanes to pass a van and struck a family in a horse-drawn buggy head-on. There were four members of John Schwartz's family in the buggy. Schwartz, his pregnant wife, and their 3-year-old son were taken to the hospital, while their 1-year-old daughter died at the scene.
Frech’s driver’s license will also be suspended for five years.
