{"id":178871,"date":"2024-05-05T09:21:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T14:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=178871"},"modified":"2024-05-05T09:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T14:21:38","slug":"delphos-area-crash-claims-1-injures-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/05\/05\/delphos-area-crash-claims-1-injures-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Delphos-area crash claims 1, injures 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DELPHOS &#8212; The investigation continues into a two-vehicle crash in northwest Allen County that claimed one person and caused serious injuries to two others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, it occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Defiance Trail in Marion Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/OSHP-Logo-e1532741570657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105227\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted A. Powell, 67, of Van Buren was eastbound on U.S. 30 while Douglas L. White, 40, of Rocky Top, Tennessee, was traveling south on Defiance Trail. White reportedly stopped at the stop sign at the intersection then continued south and was struck by Powell\u2019s vehicle, which came to final rest in the right lane of eastbound traffic. White\u2019s vehicle went off the south side of the roadway into the ditch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White was not injured but Powell suffered serious injuries and was transported to Mercy Health St. Rita\u2019s Medical Center by Putnam County EMS. There were two passengers in Powell\u2019s vehicle. Jacquale F. Gabbard, 33, of Lima was a backseat passenger and was transported by Delphos EMS to Mercy Health St. Rita\u2019s Medical Center for serious injuries. Linda I. Powell, 44, of Lima, was transported by Delphos EMS to Mercy Health St. Rita\u2019s Medical Center, and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be a factor for either driver. White was&nbsp; wearing a seat belt, but none of the occupants in Powell\u2019s vehicle were reportedly wearing seat belts. The eastbound lanes of U.S. 30 were closed for approximately 45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Delphos Police Department, Delphos Fire and EMS, Putnam EMS and Knippen\u2019s Towing Service assisted the highway patrol at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information DELPHOS &#8212; The investigation continues into a two-vehicle crash in northwest Allen County that claimed one person and caused serious injuries to two others. According to the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, it occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Defiance Trail [&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-178871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 23:55:16","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\/178871","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=178871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178873,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178871\/revisions\/178873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}