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The Putnam County Sheriff’s office is investigating an injury crash that occurred when eighty-one-year-old John Smith of Fort Jennings was traveling northbound on County Road 24 and failed to stop for the stop sign at County Road N.  His vehicle was struck by another vehicle which was being driven by forty-six-year-old Brian Wenzlick of Cloverdale.  Mr. Smith was transported to Lima Memorial Hospital by the Ottoville EMS with unknown injuries. 

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The crash happened just after 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, at the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue and High Street. Officers say a yellow SUV traveling on High Street ran the stop sign and was hit by a vehicle traveling south on Woodlawn. The SUV flipped on its side, the driver at fault was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and was cited for the crash.