State Patrol
Dec. 15, 12:15 a.m., on Defiance-Paulding County Line Road, a vehicle driven by Carisa Partee, 36, 401 Hopkins St., swerved to miss a deer and struck a ditch. She was cited for failure to control. Damage was heavy to the vehicle.
Thursday, 4:41 a.m., on U.S. 24 in Defiance County s Noble Township, a vehicle driven by Brian Poloskey, 63, Dunnellon, Fla., struck a deer. Damage was heavy to the vehicle.
Thursday, 7:24 p.m., on Blosser Road in Defiance County s Farmer Township, a vehicle driven by Chris Martinez, 49, Scott, struck a utility pole and caught on fire. Damage was heavy to the vehicle. He was taken by Delaware Township EMS to ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital with suspected minor injuries. He was cited for failure to control.
AUBURN â A truck driver who caused a triple-fatality crash three months ago on Interstate 69 north of Auburn will not be charged with a crime, DeKalb County Prosecutor Claramary Winebrenner said Tuesday.
On Sept. 16 at 3:18 p.m., James Crager, 70, of Angola drove his semi into a line of traffic that was slowing or stopped for construction. The chain-reaction crash killed William Heil, 65, of Lake James, Angola, and married couple Dale E. Lowe, 81, and Jean E. Lowe, 72, of Charlotte, Michigan.
âAll of the evidence in this case confirms that Mr. Crager did not see the stopped and slowed traffic until it was too late. Most other drivers did see this hazard, but inattentiveness alone is not a crime,â Winebrenner said in a news release Tuesday.