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January 16, 2025, Press Release from the Preble County Sheriff's Office: Preble County deputies are investigating a 2-vehicle head-on crash that occurred in the 4000 block of US 127, north of Eaton. The crash occurred at approximately 9:13 A.M. this morning. The preliminary investigation found that a 2017 Dodge Ram pick-up was traveling northbound, driven by a 46-year-old Darke County man. According to witnesses, his truck traveled left of center and struck a southbound 2025 Freightliner semi tractor/trailer, driven by a 58-year-old Lima man.

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A Celina man has died following a crash Tuesday evening in Mercer County. Just before 6 PM, 47-year old Anthony Cole of Celina was driving a van eastbound on State Route 707 west of Wabash Road when he traveled left-of-center for an unknown reason and collided into a semi heading westbound. Cole was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Slick roads are causing a lot of accidents in the area. Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash between an SUV and a semi on State Route 65 just north of Cairo around 3 p.m. The semi lost control on the ice and struck the SUV. The driver and the passenger in the SUV had to be extricated.

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A two-vehicle crash occurred on U.S. 30 Wednesday morning between a semi and an electric vehicle. Around 9:25 this morning, a semi-truck traveling eastbound in the left lane on U.S. 30 was struck by a car entering U.S. 30 East from the north. The car failed to stop before merging onto 30 East, and the truck clipped the back end of the car and then flipped on its side and slid into the median.

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A woman was transported to the hospital after a crash involving her car and two semis on US 30 Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. in the westbound lane of 30 and Leatherwood Road. According to the American Township Fire Department, a woman was taken to St. Rita's with non-life-threatening injuries. The two semi-truck drivers were uninjured.

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A car and semi-truck collision occurred in Van Wert County Thursday morning. Just before 8 a.m., a Honda Civic operated by 53-year-old Scott Rockhold of Urbana was northbound on U.S. 127. Rockhold was slowing down to turn westbound onto Wren-Landeck Road when a northbound semi operated by Egues Leon Victor of Bradenton, Florida, failed to maintain an assured distance. 

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A Tennessee woman was flown to a Fort Wayne hospital in serious condition after pulling in front of a semi in Van Wert County Tuesday morning. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. on Van Wert Decatur Road, just east of U.S. 224. 59-year-old Kimberly Allred pulled over to the side of the road, stopped briefly, and then proceeded to make a U-turn. She pulled in front of a semi being driven by 32-year-old Justin Rogers of Convoy.

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The Ohio State Highway Patrol states that a semi was heading southbound on I-75 south near mile marker 122 when it veered off the left side of the road, missing the railing but then collided with the middle of an overpass bridge. The driver of the semi was taken to an area hospital. It is currently unknown what their condition is at this time. Traffic was backed up on I-75 south to State Route 81. Crews are currently working on the scene to clear debris and more from the area. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says that no further information is available at this time as they investigate the crash.

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The Hancock County Sheriff's Office says 64-year-old Richard Weaver of McComb was southbound on Township Road 123 when he failed to yield to traffic on State Route 613. His motorcycle was then struck by a semi. Weaver was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital and later pronounced dead. The driver of the truck was not reported to be injured.