{"id":204283,"date":"2026-03-29T20:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204283"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:42:15","slug":"car-semi-truck-crash-leaves-one-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/29\/car-semi-truck-crash-leaves-one-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Car\/semi-truck crash leaves one dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RICHLAND TOWNSHIP &#8212; A weekend crash involving a semi-truck and car at the border of Allen and Hancock counties proved to be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 30 at the county line. According to a report from the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Lawrence Morris Sr., 62, of Toledo, was southbound on County Road 15 in a 2015 Lincoln MKS, when he failed to yield at a posted stop sign and was struck by a semi-truck driven by Andrew Skiles, 54, of Rochester, Indiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<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>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Morris suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in his car, Lawrence Morris III, 15, of Toledo suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported from the scene by Beaverdam-Richland EMS to Lima Memorial Hospital. Skiles suffered possible injuries and was also taken by ambulance to Lima Memorial.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troopers noted all occupants were wearing their safety belts at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The semi sustained heavy damage and was towed from the scene by Minich Towing. The Lincoln sustained severe damage and was towed from the scene by T and H Towing and Recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by The Hancock County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Bluffton Police Department, Beaverdam-Richland Fire, Beaverdam-Richland EMS, Ada-Liberty EMS, Minich Towing, T and H Towing and Recovery, Miller Auto, The Allen County Coroner\u2019s Office, Allen County EMA, and Allen County Mortuary Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff RICHLAND TOWNSHIP &#8212; A weekend crash involving a semi-truck and car at the border of Allen and Hancock counties proved to be fatal. It occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 30 at the county line. According to a report from the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Lawrence [&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-204283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 00:52:26","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\/204283","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=204283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204284,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204283\/revisions\/204284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}