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Fairfield Fire Department, Fairfield Police Department and UC Air Care responded to the scene, according to police. Winkle was extricated from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene by the UC Air Care team at 6:08 a.m., officials said.
She died of a traumatic chest injury, according to an autopsy performed by the Butler County Coroner’s Office.
There’s no word yet from police in regard to what factors may have contributed to the crash.
Jessie Blucker, of Colerain, said she met Winkle 27 years ago in middle school and considered her a best friend.
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“Everybody loved Gina,” Blucker said. “She lit up the room as soon as she walked in. She was a beautiful free spirit, inside and out. She could always make you smile no matter what.”
Blucker said she and Winkle shared many of the same friends and enjoyed hiking together and listening to bands.
Generosity was Winkle’s strongest trait, Blucker said.
“Any time anybody needed anything, she was there,” Blucker said. “She would drop everything just to help out her friends.”
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