Friday accidents under investigation

VW independent staff

A pair of Friday accidents in northwest Ohio remain under investigation by two different posts of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

The first involved a semi-truck and train and occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. June 19 on County Road 11, just south of County Road F in Fulton County’s York Township.

According to a report from the Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2024 Peterbilt driven b Steven E. Campbell, 45, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was southbound on County Road 11 when he tried to cross the tracks and the rig became disabled. A westbound Norfolk Southern train struck the semi-truck. Campbell was transported to the Fulton County Health Center for treatment of minor injuries. No Norfolk Southern employees were injured.

The second accident was a head-on collision that occurred just before 7:30 p.m. Friday on U.S. 6 in Williams County, near Edgerton.

An OSHP report states that a 2002 Mercury Mariner driven by Kevin Eugene Mudrack, 36, of Bryan and a 2002 Victory Motorcycle driven by Charles Ivey, 62, of Defiance collided when Mudrack crossed the center line.

Ivey was pronounced dead at the scene. Mudrack was flown by Parkview Samaritan air ambulance to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. His current condition is unknown.