The accident occured the night of the Oak Hills High School
homecoming dance, October 21, 1972. The location of the accident
was the intersection of Taylor and Rybolt roads in Green Township,
Cincinnati, OH. A car carrying six Oak Hills students was westbound
on Taylor Rd. when a vehicle heading southbound on Rybolt Rd. at a
high rate of speed became airborne cresting a hill on Rybolt and
landed virtually on top of the student's car. Five of the six
occupants were killed. Their names: Deborah Lyn Eckert, Cindy Jane
Kreuzman, Kim Marie Wullenweber, Alan Surnbrock and Linda Diane
May. It should be noted that the driver and passenger of the
"airborne" vehicle both survived the accident. Both were determined
to be legally intoxicated, having purchased alcoholic beverages
using illicit identification. The outcome of this incident led
indirectly to the initiation of the use of Photo Identification on
all Ohio driver's licenses. A memorial fountain was erected the
following year in a courtyard at Oak Hills High School dedicated to
the memory of the five accident victims.