According to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office, testing showed the blood alcohol content for Luthe at .108; for Culpepper at .124; and for Tittle at .218. The legal drinking age in Ohio is 21 and the blood alcohol limit for driving is .08.
The teens weren’t wearing seat belts, but the highway patrol said because of the severity of the crash, seat belts wouldn’t have made a difference.
All three boys were Tecumseh High School students.
Gary Osborn, a retired police officer who is engaged to Luthe’s mother, has said previously he’s never seen a crash scene like it.
“In my 37 years … I’ve never seen a car that was totally torn into two and pieces 100 to 150 yards from the crash scene. We were told that the neighbors said the sound was like a bomb from the impact,” he said.
The crash investigator previously indicated the car was travelling between 92 and 97 miles per hour when it left the road and hit a tree, killing all three teens.
The state patrol hasn’t determined yet who they believe was driving the vehicle, and continues to investigate.
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