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Mock crash: What can happen if students aren’t careful A Middle Point Fire Department firefighter cuts a roof stanchion on a car while a “dead” student lies where she was ejected from the vehicle. photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent DAVE MOSIER/ independent editor It’s not often that teenagers get to see first-hand what could happen when they drive recklessly or are negligent. Fortunately, the fatal rollover accident Lincolnview High School students viewed Friday afternoon in the school parking lot — which also resulted in serious injuries and one student b...

Area agencies participate in mock crash at Lincolnview Friday, April 30, 2021 3:08 PM First responders from Middle Point Fire Department work to free victims of a mock crash at Lincolnview Local Schools Friday afternoon. (DHI Media/Sherry Missler) BY SHERRY MISSLER smissler@timesbulletin.com VAN WERT COUNTY — It appeared to be a grim scene. A unit from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, deputies from the Van Wert County Sheriff's Office, first responders from the Middle Point Fire Department and EMS, and even the Van Wert County coroner and M...

Van Wert Post investigating fatal crash in Paulding County Information submitted Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:06 AM CRANE TOWNSHIP –– On April 14, 2021, at approximately 11:22 a.m., Troopers from the Van Wert Post responded to a report of an injury crash involving two commercial vehicles at the intersection of US 127 and County Road 176 in Crane Township, Paulding County. A 2019 International LT 625 semi operated by Timothy Ray Webber, age 60, of Dayton, Ohio, was southbound on U.S. 127 and began to make a right turn onto County Road 176 when his commercial vehicle became stuck ...

Staff and submitted information PAULDING COUNTY — A Wauseon man was killed Wednesday in an accident involving two semi tractor-trailer rigs and downed telephone lines. According to troopers from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2019 International LT 625 semi driven by Timothy Ray Webber, 60, of Dayton, was southbound on U.S. 127 at approximately 11:20 a.m. Wednesday when the rig became entangled in downed telephone lines from another accident while attempting to turn right onto Paulding County Road 176 in Crane Township. Vance Owen Campbell, 54, of Wauseon, saw the semi...

Van Wert Post investigating fatal crash Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:48 AM CRANE TOWNSHIP – On April 14, at approximately 11:22 a.m., troopers from the Van Wert Post responded to a report of an injury crash involving two commercial vehicles at the intersection of US 127 and County Road 176 in Crane Township. A 2019 International LT 625 semi operated by Timothy Ray Webber, age 60, of Dayton, was southbound on U.S. 127 and began to make a right turn onto County Road 176 when his commercial vehicle became stuck in low hanging telephone lines damaged in an earlier traffic crash. Vance...