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A person was hospitalized after a semi rolled over Monday afternoon on U.S. 30 near Wapak Road in American Township, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the cause.
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The Allen County Engineers office is announcing that Wapak Road between State Rd. and Billymack Rd. will be closed between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. from Monday, March 24th thru Friday, March 28th for bridge work.
The Allen County Engineers Office is announcing a temporary road closure for Sugar Creek Township residents. Wapak Road between State Road and Billymack Road will closed between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. for bridge repairs starting Monday, March 10th through Friday, March 14 th There will be no access during the work hours.
Shawnee police, fire, and EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash late this afternoon.
A three-car accident in Shawnee Township sends an SUV into the side of a home. No one was injured in the crash that happened before noon at the intersection of Breese Road and Wapak Road. Shawnee township police said that the car ran the stop sign on Breese Road, striking the SUV, pushing it off the road, and eventually into the side of a house in the three thousand block of Wapak Road. A pickup truck was struck during the crash.
March 28, 2024 Press Release from the Ohio Department of Transportation: LIMA, Ohio (Thursday, March 28, 2024) - The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) invites the public to a meeting to receive input on improvements to address safety issues at the intersection of State Route 117 and State Route 501 (Wapak Road) located southwest of the city of Lima, in Shawnee Township, Allen County.
ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - One man was seriously injured in a crash in Allen County on Thursday evening.
The main purpose of the change is to improve safety and address a crash trend that has developed at the intersection, according to Allen County Engineer Brion Rhodes. The crash trends usually are a result of either a failure to stop at the stop sign or a failure to yield to cross-traffic that was not required to stop.
It was closed due to the erosion of the banks of the Ottawa River. As these photos show the ground just started slipping into the river making the road unsafe. With no funding for this unexpected event, the Allen County Engineers office has received a zero percent loan from the Ohio Public Works Commission to start work in July to reconfigure the road.
There were only minor injuries in a two-car crash on Wapak Road on Tuesday. Troopers from the Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol say the crash happened just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of Wapak and Agerter roads. The white car was northbound on Wapak Road when the driver stopped at the stop sign, but thinking it was a four-way stop, proceeded into the intersection. The blue car then broadsided the other vehicle.