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SR 309 safety record improves with two roundabouts

LIMA__One year after opening the State Route 309 roundabouts at Napoleon Road and Thayer Road, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 declares the project a safety success. Traffic crashes and injury rates have dramatically decreased at both intersections.

“As a traffic engineer, you understand why constructing a roundabout will improve safety, but seeing the numbers is definitely satisfying,” said ODOT District 1 Deputy Director Chris Hughes. “These roundabouts are most certainly saving lives,” he said.

Between January 2019 to May 2022, the State Route 309/Thayer Road intersection had 29 crashes, with one fatal crash and 16 injury crashes. Since opening in August 2022, four crashes occurred, resulting in one minor injury, and three with property damage only. Not only did the number of crashes per year drop but the injury rate went from 58.6% to 25%.

Single vehicle crash kills 18-year-old driver in Forest

The Hardin County Sheriff's office has made the following announcement:

A single vehicle crash early Sunday afternoon has claimed the life of an Arlington man. 

Hardin County Central Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call at 12:14 p.m. reporting a crash of a vehicle into a tree at 18689 TR 22, Forest. 

Deputies discovered a pickup truck driven by 18-year-old Chase Clark had been traveling west on Twp Rd. 22, when it left the south side of the roadway and crashed into a tree. Mr. Clark was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

Deputies were assisted by the Jackson Forest Fire Department and Jackson Forest EMS, the Hardin County Coroner's Office, Forest Police Department, and Osborn Towing and Recovery Services.

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Pursuit of man charged with felonious assault ends near Ada 

On Wednesday, September 20, officers from the Kenton Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a 2017 tan Ford SUV, which officers believed was being operated by thirty-five-year-old Wayne A. Tolson, of Kenton. Officers had been searching for Tolson for several days after a warrant was issued by Hardin County Common Pleas Court for violating the terms of his bond. The original charge originated from an F2 felonious assault, domestic violence case, from May of this year, in Kenton.

Once officers attempted to stop the vehicle as it fled westbound onto W. Columbus Street and then westbound onto State Route 309. The pursuit continued westbound on 309 toward Ada.

Findlay man sought following high speed chase on Sept. 18

A Findlay man led law enforcement on a high speed chase and avoided capture in a cornfield on September 18, according to a report from Your Hometown Stations of Lima.

Findlay police attemped to pull over Jaden Thomas, 29, who was driving a stolen car. Thomas was recognized as having a warrant out for his arrest.

Ada Police arrest escapee from Lima's Worth Center

The following announcement was made on the Ada, Ohio Police Department Facebook page:

On September 12, 2023, Ada Police officers arrested an escapee from the Worth Center in Lima, Ohio.

On September 11, officers were made aware that Ray Cline Jr. had escaped from the Worth Center in Lima on the night prior. On September 12, officers received a tip that Cline was spotted in the Village of Ada walking near Main Street. 

Officers arrived and took Cline into custody without incident. He was subsequently transported to the Multi-County Jail in Marion, Ohio on an unrelated bench warrant. Other charges are currently pending.

Bowling Green Post investigating I-75 injury crash involving school bus

Six students on Arlington Local School District bus transported to hospital

NORTH BALTIMORE–The Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is  investigating a two-vehicle injury crash that occurred Sept. 7, at 9:15 p.m. on southbound Interstate 75 near Eagleville Road in Wood County. 

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