{"id":12557,"date":"2015-11-02T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=12557"},"modified":"2015-11-02T08:11:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:11:12","slug":"state-patrol-investigating-crash-on-sr118-in-van-wert-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/state-patrol-investigating-crash-on-sr118-in-van-wert-county\/","title":{"rendered":"State Patrol Investigating Crash on SR118 in Van Wert County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/medical2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7871\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/medical2-300x190.jpg?resize=300%2C190\" alt=\"medical emergency police\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>OHIO CITY \u2013 The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post is investigating an injury crash that occurred at 4:51 PM Sunday afternoon involving two vehicles on State Route 118 two miles north of Ohio City in Liberty Township.<\/p>\n<p>A 2003 Buick Rendezvous, driven by Michael S. Carey, age 30, of Celina was northbound on State Route 118.\u00a0 Mr. Carey came upon a slower moving 1992 Honda Accord driven by Scott A. Hileman, age 37, of Van Wert.\u00a0 Mr. Hileman was following slower traffic when he was struck and unable to avoid the crash.\u00a0 Mr. Carey went off the right side of the roadway, struck a ditch, and overturned his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Carey was transported to the Van Wert County Hospital where he was later transferred to a Fort Wayne, Indiana hospital for further treatment.\u00a0 Mr. Hileman sought treatment at Van Wert County Hospital.\u00a0 During the crash investigation, Officer\u2019s found that Mr. Carey was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and Operating his vehicle while Under the Influence of Alcohol and\/or Drugs.\u00a0 He refused requests for tests by Troopers at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Ohio City Volunteer Fire and EMS\u00a0and Brickner Ambulance Service, and Knippen\u2019s Towing and Recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Carey was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and his injuries could have been minimized with the use of his seat belt.\u00a0 The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.<\/p>\n<p>The Highway Patrol urges motorists to not drive distracted, obey speed limits, and always wear a properly adjusted seat belt while in a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OHIO CITY \u2013 The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post is investigating an injury crash that occurred at 4:51<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[747,608,4710,2127,528],"class_list":["post-12557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-government-legal","tag-alcohol","tag-driving","tag-serious-injuries","tag-van-wert","tag-wreck"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-3gx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 17:00:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}