The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a serious injury crash that occurred on CR72 near TR79 in Paulding County, Blue Creek Township, at approximately 9:10 P.M. on May 7, 2023. A Yamaha Raptor ATV operated by Matthew Roy Glass, 42 years of age, of Payne, was traveling east…
Grover Hill – The Van Wert Post is currently investigating a serious two vehicle injury crash that occurred at approximately 2:49 PM today in Paulding County near Grover Hill, Ohio. A black 2014 Ford Focus being operated by Lilianna A. Egia, of Defiance, Ohio, was traveling eastbound on County Road 72 and entered the intersection…
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at, 3:19 pm a three vehicle accident occurred on the north bound side of the US 127 & US 24 overpass. Involved were a dump truck loaded with stone traveling north bound when it struck a large paneled truck. The impact of the accident also involved an automobile that was pushed…
Perry Township – On August 2, 2021 at 12:54 PM, Bonnie Luke was eastbound on SR 694 near Cloverdale. She was driving a 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser. Mrs. Luke drove off the right side of the roadway, and then off the left side of the roadway. The vehicle overturned and struck a utility pole. Bonnie…
Brown Township – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a one vehicle fatal crash. The crash occurred on State Route 613, near milepost 21, in Brown Township, Paulding County. The crash was reported on July 30, 2021, at approximately 1:20 A.M. Mark A. Dobbelaere, 62, of Oakwood, OH, was operating a…
Defiance – A pedestrian was struck and killed today on US Route 24 in Defiance.At around 11:00 AM this morning the pedestrian stopped his vehicle upon the right shoulder of US Route 24 with the flashers and ignition on. He then exited his vehicle and was southbound crossing the westbound lanes of US Route 24 when he…
Defiance – The Defiance Post of the State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a one vehicle injury crash that occurred on July 12, 2018 at approximately 10:43 pm on Powers Road, west of Canal Road, in Defiance County. A 2014 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, being operated by Shawn Theis, age 41, of Cecil, Ohio, was traveling south…
Defiance — The Defiance State Highway Patrol Post is currently investigating a single vehicle fatal crash which occurred on September 8, 2017, at approximately 2:10am on State Route 111, near milepost 2, south of the city of Defiance. A 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Darius King, age 39, of Defiance, Ohio, was northbound on State…
Motorists that don’t yield for other vehicles with the right-of-way cause far too many crashes in Ohio each year. Crashes caused by this violation, known as failure to yield or FTY, rose in 2016 – in fact, it was a primary cause in nearly one in five crashes in Ohio. In total, 52,207 crashes on…
Paulding County – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle injury crash that occurred on US 24 near the US 127 interchange in Paulding County. At approximately 4:56 pm a 2006 Honda Goldwing motorcycle driven by Michael W. Richards, age 52, of Marion, Indiana was traveling eastbound…
Brown Township – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a one vehicle injury crash that occurred on County Road 263 just south of SR 613, in Paulding County. On February 17, 2017, at approximately 3:53 A.M., the Van Wert Post was advised of an overturned vehicle in a ditch…
A single vehicle crash today at approximately 0850 hours injured two occupants. The crash occurred on County Road R west of County Road 11 in Bridgewater Township. A 1997 Ford F-150, driven by Dustin L. Carnicom, age 34 of 220 West Main Street Montpelier had been eastbound on County Road R went it went off…
Ohio City – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two vehicle injury crash that occurred on Friday, November 25th at 12:45 p.m. on State Route 118 at the intersection of Wren Landeck Road. A 2008 Dodge Challenger driven by Dakota Everidge, of Kendallville, Indiana was traveling eastbound on Wren Landeck Road and failed…
