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Three Family Members Killed In Northwest Ohio Crash
Tragedy struck Northwest Ohio on Thursday morning when a three-vehicle crash claimed the lives of three individuals, including a 13-year-old. The incident occurred on State Route 18 around 10:45 a.m. in Seneca County. The crash involved a Ram Promaster, a Ford F-250, and a semi-truck. The Ram Promaster, traveling west...
3 killed, 2 injured in multi-vehicle crash in Seneca County
SENECA COUNTY, Ohio — Three people were killed and two were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Seneca County Thursday morning. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at 10:53 a.m. a Ram Promaster, operated by David Gaertner, 57, of Janera, was traveling westbound on County Road 24 in Scipio Township and failed to stop at a stop sign at State Route 18 and struck a northeast-bound Ford truck driven by Joseph Miller, 41, of Vickery.
3 family members killed in multivehicle crash in Seneca County
REPUBLIC, Ohio — Three members of the same family were killed in a multivehicle crash in Seneca County just before 11 a.m. Thursday, officials said. According to the Norwalk post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, David Gaertner, 57, of Janera, Ohio, was westbound on Seneca County Road 24 when he failed to stop for a stop sign at State Rt. 18 and collided with a northeast-bound pickup truck being driven by Joseph Miller, 41, of Vickery, Ohio. The impact pushed Miller’s pickup into the path of a tractor-trailer being driven southwest on Route 18 by Aaron Knoll, 42, of Tampa. The tractor-trailer and Mr. Miller’s pickup both careened off the road and overturned, with the tractor-trailer striking a utility pole and the pickup catching fire. Mr. Miller and his passengers — his son, Conner Miller, 13, and his father Richard Miller, 67, of Sandusky — were all killed in the crash. Mr. Gaertner suffered serious injuries and was taken by air ambulance to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center.
Sandusky man, 13-year-old among 3 killed after fiery crash involving semi-truck
A Sandusky man and two passengers including a teenager were killed after a crash involving three vehicles in Seneca County Thursday morning, authorities said. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the incident happened on County Road 24 in Scipio Township just before 11 a.m. Troopers say a driver operating a Ram Promaster ran a stop sign at State Route 18 and hit a Ford pickup truck driven by 41-year-old Joseph Miller. A semi-tractor-trailer then struck both vehicles, sending them off the corner of the intersection before both vehicles overturned.
Two Vickery residents among three killed in Thursday morning wreck near Republic
REPUBLIC – Three people, including two Vickery residents, were killed in a three-vehicle crash in Seneca County's Scipio Township on Thursday morning, according to a news release from the Norwalk post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. The crash happened at 10:53 a.m. Thursday northeast of Republic, on Ohio 18...
Community mourns Miller family
SANDUSKY — Community members expressed grief and offered condolences after three members of a local family died in a car crash on Thursday. The Miller family, from left, Haley, Wesley, Jena, Joseph and Conner. Credit: Provided photo/COPPER SQUIRREL PHOTOGRAPHY. Richard Miller, 67, of Sandusky; Richard's son, Joseph Miller, 41,...
Multivehicle crash in Northern Ohio kills 2 adults, teen child
SCIPIO TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Three people, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed Thursday morning in Seneca County when the pickup they were in was struck by a cargo van that went through a stop sign, then was hit by an oncoming tractor-trailer. Richard Miller, 67, of Sandusky, and Joseph...
Health department reports West Nile virus found in Gibsonburg area
Correction: The Ohio Department of Health has not found West Nile virus in Ottawa and Seneca counties. Ottawa and Seneca counties have turned in mosquitoes to be tested by the Ohio Department of Health but as of Monday, July 8, results are pending according to an ODH report. Officials from the Sandusky County...
3 dead in fiery crash northwest of Willard
NORWALK – The Norwalk post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a three-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at 10:53 a.m. July 11 on State Route 18 at County Road 24 in Scipio Township, Seneca County. The preliminary investigation showed a Ram Promaster, operated by David Gaertner, 57,...
Updated: Sandusky man, 2 from Vickery dead in crash
SCIPIO TWP. — Three people, two from Vickery and another from Sandusky, died in a multi-vehicle crash on Thursday, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Norwalk post. The post continues to investigate a three-vehicle fatal crash that occurred just before 11 a.m. on Ohio 18 at Country Road 24 in Scipio Township in Seneca County.
Officials butt heads
TIFFIN — At the Seneca County Commissioners’ meeting Thursday, the board met with the city of Clyde Safety Service Director Paul Fiser, Solicitor Zac Selvey and others regarding Clyde’s CR 34 water line project. The project includes “an intake and pump station on the Sandusky River and...
Multiple vehicle accident in Republic
REPUBLIC — Two Cars vs Semi Accident at intersection of SR 18 and CR 24. Update: 11:16 p.m. - Per the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office Facebook, Avoid the area as State Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Deputies clear the roadways. Sheriff Stevens said at the bottom of the...
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