{"id":131067,"date":"2020-05-08T14:56:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=131067"},"modified":"2020-05-08T19:10:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T00:10:16","slug":"5-car-accident-creates-highway-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/05\/08\/5-car-accident-creates-highway-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver unhurt after damaging 5 vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post is investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Friday on U.S. 30, which began near milepost 22, and ended near milepost 26 in Van Wert County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/osplogo.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2340\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 2:57 p.m., the Van Wert Patrol post took a call related to a reckless driver eastbound on U.S. 30 near the Middle Point-Wetzel Road exit. The vehicle was reported as unable to maintain lanes and, at times, driving the wrong direction and in the grass median. Troopers were dispatched and, approximately 3 minutes later, spotted the vehicle. While attempting to stop the vehicle, the suspect vehicle struck a guardrail just east of Ohio 66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the suspect vehicle, a 2012 GMC truck, Michael J. Grundy, 63, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, was uninjured. From the initial report of reckless driving to the location where troopers made contact with the suspect, a total of five vehicles sustained damage as a result of being struck by Grundy. No injuries were reported by the other motorists involved.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Post was assisted on scene by Delphos Fire Department and EMS personnel, Big Daddy\u2019s Towing, and Knippen Towing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alcohol is believed to be a factor. The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio State Highway Patrol encourages drivers and occupants to always where their seat belts and never drive distracted or impaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post is investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Friday on U.S. 30, which began near milepost 22, and ended near milepost 26 in Van Wert County. At approximately 2:57 p.m., the Van Wert Patrol post took a call related to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 11:20:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}