McGuffey accident kills one, sends two to hospital
A single-vehicle accident in Marion Township, south of McGuffey resulted in one death and two persons hospitalized on Feb. 13.
Jack Parkins, of McGuffey, was driving east on County Road 110 on Feb. 13 and lost control of the vehicle, going off the south side of the road, according to Hardin County Sheriff's Office.
The car overturned in a drainage ditch. A passenger in the vehicle, Patricia Parr, of McGuffey, was taken to Lima Memorial Health System, where she was pronounced dead.
Parkins and another passenger, Jeffery Jones, were also taken to Lima Memorial with non-life-threatening injuries.
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