{"id":1505,"date":"2013-02-22T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T12:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2013-02-22T15:59:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:59:55","slug":"state-patrol-fatal-crash-in-paulding-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/state-patrol-fatal-crash-in-paulding-county\/","title":{"rendered":"State Patrol: Fatal Crash in Paulding County"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n@page { margin: 0.79in }\n\t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in }\n\t\tP.western { font-size: 10pt }\n\t\tP.cjk { font-size: 10pt }\n--><\/style>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1506\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ohio-State-Patrol.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1506\" alt=\"Ohio State Patrol Media Release\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ohio-State-Patrol.jpg?resize=500%2C338\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ohio-State-Patrol.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ohio-State-Patrol.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ohio State Patrol Media Release<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>State Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash in Paulding County<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CRANE TOWNSHIP \u2013 The Ohio State Highway Patrol&#8217;s Van Wert Post is investigating a vehicle fatal crash that occurred on February 21, 2013 at approximately 5:28 pm on US 24 at County Road 87 in Crane Township, Paulding <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">County.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tiffin E. Aldrich, age 21 of Cecil Ohio, was driving a 1996 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>GEO <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Prism northbound on County Rd. 87. Her <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Bookman Old Style,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">passenger was Kayla A Bidlack, age 30, also from Cecil Ohio. Roy Pierre, age 44, of Quebec Canada, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Bookman Old Style,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><i>was <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Bookman Old Style,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">driving a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Bookman Old Style,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2010 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Peterbilt 387 truck with trailer, hauling approximately 33,000 lbs. of miscellaneous freight, eastbound on<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US24. Ms. Aldrich attempted to cross US24 and was struck by the eastbound commercial vehicle. All were wearing <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">their seatbelts at the time of the crash.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The driver of the GEO Prism, who was also reportedly 6 months pregnant, was flown to Parkview Hospital for <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">treatment of life threatening injuries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The passenger of the 1996 GEO Prism was pronounced dead at the scene by the Paulding County Coroner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by Paulding County Sheriffs Department, Cecil fire department and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Antwerp Fire and E.M.S. departments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash. 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