By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Hardin County Sheriff responded to an injury crash involving three vehicles on State Route 235 near County Road 10 on Friday, October 30 at 6:15 p.m.

A 2009 Lexus operated by Matthew Mulholland of Forest, Ohio, went left of center and sideswiped a 2005 Dodge Durango operated by Michael Claude Fisher of Findlay, Ohio, then struck head-on a 2018 Subaru operated by Joseph Lincoln of Mansfield, Ohio.

Mullholland, 42, and Lincoln, 20, were taken to Lima Memorial Hospital with possible serious injuries. 

Passengers in the Subaru, Landon Mattix of Mount Gilead, 21, and Joshua Sites of Fredricktown, 20, were both transported to St. Rita’s Medical Center with suspected minor injuries.

Fisher, 89, and his passenger, Sharon Fisher, 83, were not injured. Their vehicle sustained disabling damage.

Ada Liberty EMS, Bluffton EMS, Dick’s Towing and Minich’s Towing assisted with the response.