CRIME & SAFETY
One Killed, Two Injured in Two Vehicle Crash on U.S. 30 Friday night
DELPHOS, OH (WLIO) - According to the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Friday night at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Defiance Trail. 67-year-old Douglas White of Rocky Top, Tennessee, was heading south on Defiance Trial when he drove in the path of 67-year-old Ted Powell of Van Buren, who was heading east on U.S. 30. Powell was seriously injured, and his passengers, 44-year-old Linda Powell, died from her injuries, and 33-year-old Jacquale Gabbard was also seriously injured. White was not injured in the crash. Troopers say it appears that no one in Powell’s car was wearing seatbelts, but White was. The eastbound lanes of U.S. 30 were closed for 45 minutes while the crash was cleaned up.
Multiple fire departments called out to battle a structure fire near Columbus Grove
COLUMBUS GROVE, OH (WLIO) - Multiple departments responded to a first-alarm structure fire near Columbus Grove earlier Friday afternoon. The Columbus Grove Fire Department was called out to 16416 Road 11 just before 1 p.m. for a report of a structure fire with a propane tank inside. On scene, mutual aid arrived from Kalida and Glandorf, along with tankers from Ottawa and Pandora. The property owners were not home at the time, and there were not any injuries. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
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