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One person was injured and another was arrested following a head-on collision Sunday morning on Davis Mill Road in Todd County.
Todd County Sheriff’s Sgt. Patrick Turner investigated and determined 28-year old Norman Detweiler of Elkton had been southbound when he crossed into the path of a northbound automobile driven by 52-year old Melissa Whittaker of Elkton.
They struck head-on and Whittaker was taken by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for multiple, non-life-threatening injuries.
Detweiler allegedly admitted he had been drinking the previous night through the morning hours and an arrest citation says he smelled of alcohol.
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Norman Detweiler, a teenager from Middlefield, died Jan. 23 after the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck from behind in Windsor, according to the Ohio
Teenage boy killed when minivan, horse-drawn buggy collide
January 25, 2021 GMT
WINDSOR TOWNHIP, Ohio (AP) A teenage boy was killed when the Amish horse-drawn buggy he was riding in was struck from behind by a minivan in northeastern Ohio.
The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Saturday on Route 322 in Windsor Township, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol’s post in Ashtabula County. The buggy was traveling eastbound along the shoulder of the highway when it was struck by an eastbound minivan driven by Steven Mares, 53, of Newbury Township.
Norman Detweiler, 16, of Middlefield, a passenger in the buggy, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Mares was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. No other injuries were reported in the accident.