UPDATE: 10:30 a.m. Apr. 30:
The victim of Sunday's fatal car accident at the Ridges was the benefactor for two graduate student awards at OU.
The chair of OU's Physics and Astronomy Department has confirmed the victim of the accident was Ying Chang, who funded an annual graduate student fellowship in the department.
Chair David Ingram said Chang, 80, never was a faculty member, but called her "a friend of the department."
He added that the fellowship is in its third year of existence.
Since 2002, Chang also has funded a scholarship for graduate students in mathematics.
According to OU websites, Chang graduated from OU in 1973 with a master's degree in mathematics. She also earned a Bachelor's degree in physics in Taiwan.
Chang also taught math at Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio.
UPDATE: 2:10 p.m. Apr. 28:
The Ohio University Police Department has no new information to make public beyond the details in the release from Monday afternoon.
Lt. Tim Ryan declined to answer questions regarding the identity of the victim, 80-year-old Athens resident Ying A. Chang.
"What we released is all we have to give out," Ryan said.
An OUPD police report was not made public by about 11:30 a.m.
UPDATE: 12:50 p.m. Apr. 28
The Ohio University Police Department released a statement Monday afternoon regarding Sunday's fatal car accident at the Ridges.
The driver, 80-year-old Athens resident Ying Chang, was the only person in the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries in the crash.
OUPD is continuing to investigate the accident with help from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Athens County Coroner's Office.
UPDATE: 11:27 a.m. Apr. 28
In an email to The Post Sunday night, Ohio University Police Department Chief Andrew Powers declined to give a statement on the crash. He added that he didn't believe a detailed statement would be issued until as early as Monday afternoon.
It is unclear whether the driver was an OU student, and whether alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash.
Officers responded to the scene of the crash at about 1:10 p.m. Sunday afternoon, according to the OUPD crime log.
An eyewitness, who declined to be named, said the driver of the car appeared to be speeding along South Park Drive toward Water Park Drive. The speed limit posted on South Park Drive is 20 mph.
The speeding was so excessive, the eyewitness said, that he and others tried to get the driver's attention to slow down, before hearing the sound of the crash only moments later.
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One death associated with a single-car crash at The Ridges is currently under investigation by law enforcement agencies.
Emergency Medical Services, State Highway Patrol, Athens and Ohio University Police departments were on scene near Water Park Drive at The Ridges on Sunday afternoon.
The road is blocked off to traffic.
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