Two Seaman residents killed in separate crashes reported by People’s Defender
Two Seaman residents died in separate crashes in Highland and Brown counties, one at a stop sign near Salem Township and another in a motorcycle rear-end on State Route 32.
A pair of fatal crashes in Highland and Brown counties left Seaman families grieving after two separate wrecks claimed the lives of Brice Lynch, 17, and Charles T. Rump, 28. The crashes happened on different roads, in different counties and under different circumstances, but both ended with a Seaman resident dead at the scene.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Lynch died in a two-vehicle crash July 10 at about 2:16 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 131 and State Route 134 in Salem Township, Highland County. Troopers said the 2009 Pontiac G5 he was driving failed to yield from a stop sign and was struck by a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado HD pickup driven by Charles Crabill of Pleasant Plain. Both vehicles left the roadway and struck a barn. Lynch was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene, while Crabill was taken by ground ambulance to Mount Orab Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Lynch’s death hit especially hard at the Ohio Valley Career and Technical Center, where he was a student and served as chaplain of the SkillsUSA chapter. Adams County Ohio Valley Schools publicly mourned him as one of its CTC students and a 17-year-old senior from Seaman. His obituary listed visitation for July 18, 2026, at E.C. Nurre Funeral Homes in Amelia, with burial in Mount Leigh Cemetery in Seaman. Memorial contributions were suggested for Ohio RISE or Ohio Valley Career & Technical Center.
Three days later, troopers responded to another deadly wreck involving a Seaman resident. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Charles T. Rump died July 13 in a three-vehicle motorcycle crash on State Route 32 near U.S. 62 in Eagle Township, Brown County, at about 9:28 a.m. Investigators said Rump was traveling westbound in the left lane, failed to maintain assured clear distance, rear-ended a stopped Volvo and then struck a Chevrolet 6500HD truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene; the other occupants were not seriously injured.
Taken together, the crashes show how quickly fatal collisions can reach Adams County even when the wrecks happen beyond its borders. One involved a stop-sign violation at a rural intersection in Highland County, while the other involved a motorcycle striking stopped traffic on a busy Brown County highway. Troopers said the Brown County crash remained under investigation by the Georgetown Post, and both cases underscore the dangers of intersections, stopped traffic and the split-second decisions that can turn an ordinary drive into a tragedy.
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