On August 5, 2025, at approximately 10:15AM. Troopers with the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol were dispatched to an injury crash involving two commercial vehicles on US 24 at County Road 87.
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VAN WERT, Ohio (WLIO) - A Van Wert man is dead following a two-vehicle crash early Tuesday afternoon in Van Wert County.
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The investigation revealed that Eric Topp, 48, of Mendon, Ohio, was driving a 2005 white Cadillac southbound on Celina Mendon Road. James R. Roell, 62, of Wallingford, Kentucky, was driving a 2004 white Peterbilt semi-tractor and trailer eastbound on U.S. Route 33.