{"id":51885,"date":"2014-05-20T06:25:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T11:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=51885"},"modified":"2014-05-20T06:29:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T11:29:36","slug":"51885","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/05\/20\/51885\/","title":{"rendered":"Centerville woman killed in head-on crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/OSHP information<\/i><\/p>\n

The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at 12:20 p.m. Monday on U.S. 127, near Walnut Grove Church Road in York Township, Van Wert County.\u00a0 The crash was approximately six miles south of the city of Van Wert.<\/p>\n

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A Centerville woman was killed when this white 2002 Buick head a Freightliner semi head-on on U.S. 127 shortly after noon today. (photo by Rick McCoy for the Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to investigating troopers, a 2012 Freightliner semi-tractor-trailer rig driven by Ben A. Bernard, 69, of Zanesville, was southbound on U.S. 127.\u00a0 A 2002 Buick driven by Carole B. Dunaway, 76, of Centerville, was northbound on U.S. 127.\u00a0 Dunaway crossed the centerline into the path of the Freightliner and struck it head-on.<\/p>\n

Dunaway was pronounced dead on scene by Van Wert County Coroner Dr. Scott Jarvis and she was transported to the Lucas County Coroner\u2019s Office by Brickner Ambulance Service.\u00a0 The driver of the Freightliner was transported to Van Wert County Hospital by EMS and treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n

The Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by Ohio City Volunteer Fire Department and EMS, Brickner EMS, Van Wert County Coroner and Van Wert Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

The crash is still under investigation. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash. Seatbelts were in use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent\/OSHP information The Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Van Wert Post is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at 12:20 p.m. Monday on U.S. 127, near Walnut Grove Church Road in York Township, Van Wert County.\u00a0 The crash was approximately six miles south of the city of Van Wert. According to investigating troopers, a […]<\/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-51885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 06:25:05","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\/51885","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=51885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}