The Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol recognized two Putnam County residents for wearing their seat belts, a decision that ultimately saved their lives. Brynne and Kristen Stechschulte received the "Saved by the Belt" award, which honors individuals whose choice to buckle up protected them during a crash.
From
To
Jill Albers, 45, died from her injuries in the crash, which occurred on State Route 29 just south of Fort Loramie-Swanders Road.
The crash between a semi and a SUV Friday night on US 24 claimed the lives of four people, the fifth person in the vehicle was flown to a Toledo hospital to be treated for their injuries.
Valerie Doty died from injuries at the hospital after her SUV was struck at the intersection of SR 501 and Ft. Amanda Rd.
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.
A Continental man has died from injuries sustained in a crash in Putnam County Wednesday night. The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 34-year-old David Wagner. They say he was on his motorcycle heading north on County Road 21 just after 8 p.m. Troopers say he ran into the SUV of 45-year-old Thomas Elkins, also of Continental. Elkins was driving south, trying to turn left into a private drive. Elkins received treatment at the scene for his minor injuries.
Two people were taken to the hospital after a train struck a car in Columbus Grove Thursday morning. Putnam County sheriff's deputies say the crash happened at the railroad crossing at Main Street just after 9:30 a.m. 23-year-old Honesty Mallory of Lima was heading south on Main Street when she was struck by a CSX train that was also heading south. Mallory and two passengers were able to get out of the car on their own; the two passengers were taken to Mercy Health-St. Rita's with non-life-threatening injuries.
One killed and two injured in the crash that happened around 7:30 pm at the intersection of Frahm Pike and SR 118.
A Hamilton, Ohio, woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash yesterday in Mercer County. 33-year-old Jamie Teufel died from her injuries from a crash that happened sometime Sunday afternoon on State Route 49 near Koch Road. According to Sheriff Jeff Grey, a deputy was patrolling that area around 6:30 p.m. Sunday night when the wrecked SUV was found. Teufel was flown to a Fort Wayne hospital, where she ended up dying from her injuries. Deputies say she was traveling south on 49 when her vehicle went left of center and then into a ditch. The SUV traveled in the ditch for a while, until it hit a culvert. The vehicle went airborne and rolled multiple times. The crash remains under investigation.
Cridersville police report that an SUV rear-ended a Wapakoneta school bus picking up high school students just before 7 a.m. Both vehicles were heading west, just past the intersection of West Main Street and Shawnee Road. The only person injured was the driver of the SUV, who was transported to Saint Rita's Medical Center as a precaution.