“That’s the first time I have heard that,” Dixon told the Springfield News-Sun when asked if troopers are investigating the possibility.
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In the phone call, the driver, Andrew Scott, 16, can be heard telling a passerby who stopped to help and called 9-1-1 that he was in pain and confused, according to a recording of the call obtained by the News-Sun.
“I don’t know what happened,” Scott said. “I fell asleep.”
Kendall “Kenny” DePhillip, a 16-year-old junior at Greenon, died after the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina went off the right side of the road, clipped a telephone pole and then hit another pole shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, troopers said.
Scott sustained non-life threatening injuries.
The 9-1-1 caller can be heard telling Scott that he needed to sit down and described the teen to the police dispatcher as “in shock.”
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The dispatcher asks the caller how the crash happened and he says Scott said he fell asleep.
Troopers are looking into if speed and inattention caused the accident, Dixon said. The crash is still under investigation.
Greenon Local Schools will be closed Friday so students and staff members can attend Kenny’s funeral.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Enon United Methodist Church, 85 Broadway Road in Enon. A visitation will be at Greenon High School at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Kenny will be buried at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens at 8200 W. National Road in New Carlisle.
He’s been remembered by his friends as a fun-loving, kind person. He will be tremulously missed, people who knew him said.
“He was just really caring and would always help everyone if they needed help,” neighbor Anna Allison said.
Kenny is the third Greenon student to die in a car crash this year.
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Greenon Local Schools said on its Facebook page that many people have shown support for the district and Kenny’s family.
“We would like to thank all of our Greenon students, families and the community for their support this week for the DePhillip family,” the posts says. “Thank you for your support and understanding as we work with the family, our students, our staff and the community during this difficult time.”
Greenon students and the community have started to build memorials for the three young men who were killed in the crashes. At the Greenon tennis courts, cups have been arraigned in the fence to honor the three boys. Also, at the crash site that killed Kenny, a memorial has developed with flowers and balloons.
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