Lorain County Church mourns family killed in crash | Toledo, Ohio car accident attorney

A Lorain County family involved in a fatal head-on crash with a suspected drunk driver was the "backbone" of their church, said Darrell Myers, pastor of Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church in Elyria.
The family of Tom Tomasheski, riding in their 2010 Honda Civic, was struck head-on on Route 83 in Grafton late Saturday night. Tammy Tomasheski, and Tommy Tomasheski, died. Danielle, and her father, Tom survived, and were listed in critical condition Monday after surgery.
The family was struck by a car driven by Gerald Wetherbee of Lorain County. He was listed in critical condition Monday. Wetherbee had recently served 5 years in prison for sex offenses, and has two previous DUI convictions on his record.
The Ohio Highway Patrol was investigating whether alcohol and drugs played a role in Saturday night's crash, in which Wetherbee went left of center on Route 83.
"Great sadness is probably an unstatement," the pastor said of the feeling of fellow church members upon learning that Tammy and Tommy III had been killed, and that Tom and Danielle had been critical injured.
Tom Tomasheski is a 14 year veteran deputy with the Lorain County Sheriff's Department. His father Thomas is a retired deputy of many years service.
The Tomasheskis were to have been in North Carolina for a wedding Saturday night, but Tom had to work and Tammy did not want to go there without him. When invited to travel with some close friends, she texted back, "thank you, but it wouldn't be the same without my Tom."
Instead the family drove up to Lake Erie on Saturday evening to watch the sunset. It was on the trip back to their home in Valley City that Wetherbee's car struck theirs, and caused the tragedy that has left many family and friends in Lorain County in mourning.

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