The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office says a 13-year-old was seriously injured when the ATV they were operating collided with a car.

The crash happened at the intersection of County Road 17 and Township Road 150 near Mt. Blanchard at around 3:30 Sunday afternoon.

The sheriff’s office said the 13-year-old, from rural Arlington, was westbound on Township Road 150 and failed to yield at the posted stop sign, entering the path of a car that was southbound on County Road 17 and resulting in a collision.

The 13-year-old was taken by medical helicopter to a hospital in Toledo with serious injuries.

The sheriff’s office originally said the driver of the car, a 40-year-old from Kenton, fled the scene on foot and his whereabouts were unknown.

The sheriff’s office continued its investigation overnight and determined that no male occupant fled the scene, and that information was a falsified witness statement. 

The sheriff’s office said the driver of the car was Cori Stansbery, a 36-year-old woman from Kenton.

She was issued citations for driving under suspension and not wearing a seat belt.

She’s being held at the Multi-County Correctional Center in Marion on an unrelated arrest warrant.

Criminal charges are pending, the sheriff’s office said.