Injury accident

Three people were injured this morning when a Walmart delivery truck rear-ended a utility truck at the intersection of U.S. 127 and Cooper Road. According to information received at the scene, a utility truck was northbound on U.S. 127 and had stopped to turn left onto Cooper Road when the Walmart delivery truck hit in the rear and sent it through the front yard of a house owned by Charles Purmort on the northwest corner of the intersection. The utility truck hit a anchored mailbox, which skewed the truck sideways and ejected one of the two men in the vehicle. Both men in the utility truck (see photo above) and the driver of the Walmart delivery truck were injured and transported to Van Wert County Hospital. In addition to troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Van Wert County Sheriff’s Department deputies provided traffic control and Ohio City Fire & EMS and Brickner Ambulance Service also responded to the scene. (Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)