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Woman dies after crash in south Toledo Saturday
TOLEDO, Ohio — The person who had to be extricated from a car and rushed to the hospital after a crash in south Toledo on Saturday evening has died, according to a family member. Toledo police said a car was in the intersection at South Byrne Road and Hill...
Woman dies after red-light crash in South Toledo
A South Toledo woman whose vehicle struck another after she ran a red light at Hill Avenue and Byrne Road late Saturday afternoon died that evening at a nearby hospital, authorities said. Daneasha Watson, 31, of the 2300 block of Victory Avenue, was pronounced dead at the University of Toledo Medical Center about three hours after the crash that was reported at 5:28 p.m. Saturday. A Toledo Police Department statement said Ms. Watson entered the intersection with a red light and while an oncoming vehicle driven by Autumn Twining, 19, of Springfield Township was completing a left turn begun before the light changed. Ms. Watson’s vehicle flipped, hit a pole, and landed right-side up, police said. Neither Ms. Twining nor her two teenaged passengers were injured, police said. The police report did not specify the vehicles’ direction of travel.
TPD: Man exchanges gunfire with suspect after car stolen in central Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — A man exchanged gunfire with a suspect after his car was stolen in central Toledo Sunday night. Toledo police said they responded to an apartment complex in the 300 block of Dennis Court for shots fired just before 10 p.m. According to TPD, a 43-year-old man...
18-year-old WLS board member convicted of drunk driving facing new charges
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Washington Local School Board member busted for drunk driving in February is facing more legal issues. 18-year-old Brady Hall, who turns 19 later this week, was convicted of driving under the influence in Bowling Green earlier this year. As part of the punishment, his license was suspended but a judge granted him driving privileges for work and school board meetings.
Early Mother's Day crash leaves 2 dead, 1 injured
Two people are dead and one injured after an early Mother's Day crash on I-275. The incident occurred on I-275 near Ann Arbor Trail at 3:20 a.m. Sunday, Michigan State Police said in a post on X Sunday. The Detroit Regional Communication Center got calls of a crash and local police arrived before requesting MSP take over the investigation, police said.
Good Samaritan in boat rescues kayaker who fell into Maumee River
TOLEDO, Ohio — A kayaker was rescued by a good Samaritan in a boat after falling into the Maumee River Sunday evening. According to Toledo police, they responded to 4 Main Street in east Toledo just before 7 p.m. after a 37-year-old fell into the river while in a kayak.
Toledo man arrested for smashing multiple car windows, windshield of TPD patrol car, police say
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Toledo man was arrested Saturday after smashing multiple car windows with a crowbar in downtown Toledo, police say. TPD says the arrest happened just before 2:00 p.m. on May 11 in front of the Lucas County Jail near Beech and Erie St. Rainy Hogg, 41,...
Man sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in 2021 double murder in Adrian
ADRIAN — A heated verbal exchange broke out Friday in a Lenawee County courtroom between people in the gallery and a man who killed two registered sex offenders after he was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. Christopher Lee-Ryan Carden, 37, was escorted out of Circuit Judge...
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