{"id":48574,"date":"2025-07-28T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=48574"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:10:14","slug":"ohio-state-highway-patrol-investigating-fatal-crash-in-williams-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/ohio-state-highway-patrol-investigating-fatal-crash-in-williams-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State Highway Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash in Williams County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Center Township, Williams County \u2013 The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Defiance Post is investigating a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on July 26, 2025 at approximately 3:05 P.M, on U.S. Route 6 near<\/p>\n\n\n\n

milepost 11 in Center Township, Williams County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2006 Honda Civic, operated by Wilson Sanchez, age 42 of Wauseon, was traveling west on U.S. Route<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. A 2018 Ford F150, operated by Andrew Wehri, age 46, and his passenger, Nicole Wehri, age 45, both<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of Edgerton, were traveling east on U.S. Route 6. The Honda Civic entered the east lanes in an attempt to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pass westbound traffic and struck the Ford F150 head on. The Wehris sustained serious injury and were<\/p>\n\n\n\n

taken to Parkview Bryan Hospital by Williams County EMS. Sanchez was pronounced deceased by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

medical personnel at the crash scene. Both drivers were wearing safety belts. The passenger of the Ford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F150 was not wearing a safety belt. U.S. Route 6 was closed for approximately two hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance Post Troopers were assisted at the crash scene by the Williams County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department of Transportation, Williams County EMS, Bryan Fire Department, Williams County<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coroner\u2019s Office, and John\u2019s Towing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ohio State Highway Patrol wants to remind motorists to use due care when passing and to always<\/p>\n\n\n\n

wear a safety belt. The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Center Township, Williams County \u2013 The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Defiance Post is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36287,"comment_status":"closed","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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2301],"tags":[26433,26432,26429,26434,26427,26425,14587,26431,7520,6728,24439,26426,26435,14584,26428],"class_list":["post-48574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-2006-honda-civic","tag-2018-ford-f150","tag-andrew-wehri","tag-bryan-fire-department","tag-center-township-williams-county","tag-defiance-post","tag-johns-towing","tag-nicole-wehri","tag-ohio-department-of-transportation","tag-ohio-state-highway-patrol","tag-parkview-bryan-hospital","tag-us-6","tag-williams-county-coroners-office","tag-williams-county-sheriffs-office","tag-wilson-sanchez"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t