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Date: 
Monday, March 17, 2014

Six people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Hardin County Tuesday morning.

The crash occurred on northbound U.S. 68 at Township Road 80 at about 7:20 a.m.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2002 Ford Escort, driven by Tasa M. Henry, 36, of Kenton, was traveling northbound on U.S. 68, stopped to turn left. She was rear-ended by a northbound vehicle on U.S. 68 that was being driven by Cory V. Brunow, 24, of Dunkirk.

Henry had four young children in the vehicle who were injured:

Date: 
Monday, March 10, 2014

One person was killed after a single-vehicle crash on the east side of Columbus on Tuesday.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office says an SUV lost control while travelling through the intersection of Stelzer and Johnstown roads around 7 a.m. The vehicle struck a metal pole.

The driver was transported to Grant Medical Center. No one else was in the vehicle.

The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Officials have not released the name of the person who was killed. They did say that they were wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Date: 
Sunday, March 9, 2014

According to Columbus police, crash occurred at about 9:40 p.m. near the intersection of Refugee and Noe Bixby roads.

According to police, 2-year-old JayByuante McGrew-Bell was hit when he ran into the path of a 2003 Jaguar.

Police say the child was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced dead at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.

The driver of the vehicle that struck the child the driver remained at the scene, according to officers.

Date: 
Thursday, March 6, 2014
One person was flown to a Columbus hospital after a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon. It was not known if the man was wearing a helmet. State Route 4 was closed in both directions while emergency crews were on the scene; the cause of the crash was under investigation.
Date: 
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Franklin County sheriff's deputies have reopened State Route 104 between Hiner Road and the Franklin County/Pickaway County line following a fatal crash Wednesday morning.

According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the area of S.R. 104 at Hiner Road on a report of a crash between an SUV and a semi truck at about 7:50 a.m. Wednesday.

Investigators said it appeared that a Ford Explorer was traveling northbound and went left of center, causing a head-on collision with the semi.

Date: 
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Bexley police has identified the woman killed in a crash on East Broad Street Monday afternoon.

According to police, Mary A. Caplinger, of Columbus, was driving her SUV eastbound on East Broad Street at Dawson Avenue at about 4:30 p.m. when her SUV was struck head-on by a van. The van, driven by Cheryl D. Smith, crossed left of center, striking the SUV, according to police.

Caplinger was transported to The Ohio State University Medical Center East where she was pronounced dead at 5:26 p.m.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Troopers say a driver running a stop sign is to blame for a crash on state Route 188 Wednesday night.

According to troopers from the Lancaster post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Mary S. Mathias, 61, of Lancaster, was traveling southbound on state Route 188 in a 2002 Oldsmobile Alero. At the same time, Dallas A. Schilling, 29, of Baltimore was traveling westbound on Highpoint Road in a 2002 Hyundai Accent.

Schilling failed to yield to a stop sign on Highpoint Road at S.R. 188 and struck the side of Mathias' vehicle.

Date: 
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Area: 
Toledo, OH

A 20-year-old student from Eastern Michigan University died over the weekend in a vehicle accident in Ohio.

Bianca Bepler’s vehicle was found partially submerged Sunday in the Otter Creek in Oregon, Ohio.

Police said in a news release that it appears the vehicle failed to stop for a flashing red traffic signal on Millard Avenue, crashed through a guardrail and “vaulted off the end of the roadway into the swampy area.” The vehicle, a black Chevrolet Impala, was found overturned east of the intersection of Millard Avenue and Otter Creek Road.

Date: 
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Three people killed last night in a crash in Union County included a 2-year-old and a 17-year-old Dublin high school student. The Union County sheriff’s office identified the dead as Joshua Fraley, 30, and Easton Fraley, 2, both of Mechanicsburg, and Olivia Aicher, 17, of Dublin. Three others who were not identified, including a child, were injured in the crash and taken to separate hospitals.
Date: 
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Two people died Sunday afternoon in a fatal crash on U.S. Route 22 in Fairfield County. Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle head-on crash on U.S. 22 east of state Route 159 just outside Lancaster at about 2:40 p.m. Sunday. According to officers, a man, identified as Robert Kaelbli, 77, was driving a silver Toyota Camry, westbound on U.S. 22, crossed the center line and collided with a black Honda Civic with two female occupants that was headed eastbound.