{"id":195531,"date":"2025-08-04T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=195531"},"modified":"2025-08-04T21:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:17:21","slug":"woman-enters-plea-to-crash-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/08\/04\/woman-enters-plea-to-crash-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman enters plea to crash charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Van Wert woman charged in connection with a late July grocery store parking lot accident appeared in Van Wert Municipal Court Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara L. Nickles, 66, pleaded not guilty to vehicular assault, a fourth degree felony, and negligent assault, a third degree misdemeanor. She is free on her own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in court again Thursday, August 7, for a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vehicular assault is punishable by up to 18 months in prison, a $5,000 fine and a license suspension of up to five years. Negligant assault is a third degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $500. Because the vehicular assault charge is a felony, the case may be transferred to Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ruler-crash-1-7-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195310\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Cadillac (on right) was involved in a July 28 accident that caused life threatening injuries to a pedestrian. <em>Bob Barnes photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The charges are tied to a July 28 accident outside of Ruler Foods on S. Shannon St. According to an accident report from the Van Wert Police Department, Nickles was operating a 2023 Cadillac XT5 in the grocery store parking lot and began to accelerate in reverse at a high rate of speed from her marked parking stall. While accelerating in reverse she struck a pedestrian, causing him to collide with another parked motor vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man suffered serious injuries that required hospitalization.After striking the victim, she continued to operate her vehicle at a high rate of speed in reverse, causing damage to multiple parked motor vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim, a 72-year-old man who\u2019s name hasn\u2019t been released by the Van Wert Police Department, was taken by EMS to OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital, then was transported via medical helicopter to a hospital in Fort Wayne. His current condition is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff A Van Wert woman charged in connection with a late July grocery store parking lot accident appeared in Van Wert Municipal Court Monday morning. Barbara L. Nickles, 66, pleaded not guilty to vehicular assault, a fourth degree felony, and negligent assault, a third degree misdemeanor. She is free on her own recognizance [&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-195531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 00:37:02","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\/195531","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=195531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195532,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195531\/revisions\/195532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}