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Van Wert Post investigating fatal crash in Paulding County
Information submitted Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:06 AM
CRANE TOWNSHIP –– On April 14, 2021, at approximately 11:22 a.m.,
Troopers from the Van Wert Post responded to a report of an injury crash
involving two commercial vehicles at the intersection of US 127 and
County Road 176 in Crane Township, Paulding County.
A 2019
International LT 625 semi operated by Timothy Ray Webber, age 60, of
Dayton, Ohio, was southbound on U.S. 127 and began to make a right turn
onto County Road 176 when his commercial vehicle became stuck in low
hanging telephone lines damaged in an earlier traffic crash.
Vance
Owen Campbell, age 54, of Wauseon, Ohio observed Mr. Webber s vehicle
Staff and submitted information
PAULDING COUNTY A Wauseon man was killed Wednesday in an accident involving two semi tractor-trailer rigs and downed telephone lines.
According to troopers from the Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2019 International LT 625 semi driven by Timothy Ray Webber, 60, of Dayton, was southbound on U.S. 127 at approximately 11:20 a.m. Wednesday when the rig became entangled in downed telephone lines from another accident while attempting to turn right onto Paulding County Road 176 in Crane Township.
Vance Owen Campbell, 54, of Wauseon, saw the semi stopped and began to help remove the telephone lines from the semi when a 2020 Volvo VRN semi driven by John Richard Reber, 40, of Wauseon, also collided with the low-handing telephone lines, which then struck Campbell, who was standing on Webber’s trailer, killing him.
Van Wert Post investigating fatal crash Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:48 AM
CRANE TOWNSHIP – On April 14, at approximately 11:22 a.m., troopers
from the Van Wert Post responded to a report of an injury crash
involving two commercial vehicles at the intersection of US 127 and
County Road 176 in Crane Township.
A 2019 International LT 625
semi operated by Timothy Ray Webber, age 60, of Dayton, was southbound
on U.S. 127 and began to make a right turn onto County Road 176 when his
commercial vehicle became stuck in low hanging telephone lines damaged
in an earlier traffic crash.
Vance Owen Campbell, age 54, of
Wauseon, observed Mr. Webber’s vehicle stopped and began to assist with