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According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, from 2018-20 there were 91,972 crashes on Ohio roadways in which a driver was either exceeding the posted speed

One injured in crash in work zone Staff Report REEDSVILLE — One person was injured after reportedly hitting an Ohio Department of Transportation vehicle on Thursday afternoon near Reedsville. According to a news release from the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Joseph G. Runyon, 53, of Coolville, sustained minor injuries and was transported by Meigs EMS from the scene. Runyon was traveling westbound on State Route 681 in a 1998 Buick Lesabre. An unoccupied 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 was parked in the the roadway facing west while the occupant of the vehicle was directing...

editorial@newsandsentinel.com GALLIPOLIS — One person was killed in a two-car accident Tuesday night in Gallia County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Ruth A. Patterson, 78, Gahanna, Ohio, died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington from injuries in the accident on Ohio 160 about a mile north of milepost 3, the Gallipolis Post said. Patterson was driving a 2013 Honda Civic east on U.S. 35 and was on the exit ramp to Ohio 160 where she failed to negotiate a curve, went off the road and into a ditch, hit the embankment and entered onto Ohio 160 where her car struck a north-bound Ford pick...

editorial@newsandsentinel.com GALLIPOLIS — One man was killed Saturday morning in an accident on Ohio 124 near milepost 40, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Elmer B. Parsons III, 42, Racine, Ohio, was killed when the pick up truck he was driving went out of control on ice, a release from the Gallipolis Post said. The truck went off the road and struck an embankment, ejecting Parsons from the vehicle, the patrol said. The accident, which remains under investigation, occurred around 7:30 a.m., the patrol said. The road was closed for about three hours, the patrol said. Parsons was not wear...

One killed in Saturday morning crash Staff Report APPLE GROVE — One person was killed in a single vehicle crash on State Route 124 on Saturday morning. According to a news release from the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Elmer B. Parsons III, 42, of Racine, was northeast on State Route 124 near milepost 40 (near Gathering Waters Campground) when he lost control of the 1996GMC Sierra on the ice covered roadway. Parsons’ vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway, striking an embankment and ejecting the driver. The roadway was closed for approximately three hours as...