{"id":68229,"date":"2015-09-23T14:45:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=68229"},"modified":"2015-09-23T16:36:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T21:36:06","slug":"george-brake-killed-in-2-vehicle-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/09\/23\/george-brake-killed-in-2-vehicle-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"George Brake killed in 2-vehicle accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Van Wert County government sustained a tragic loss Wednesday morning with the death of Van Wert Solid Waste Management District Manager George Brake, who was killed in a traffic accident at the intersection of Mendon and State roads on the southwest side of the county.<\/p>\n<p>Brake was pronounced dead at the scene by County Coroner Dr. Scott Jarvis from injuries sustained in the crash, which occurred at approximately 8:23 a.m. Wednesday. He was 58.<\/p>\n<p>According to Van Wert County sheriff&#8217;s deputies, Brake was driving a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle north on Mendon Road when his vehicle was struck in the driver&#8217;s side door by a 2001 Ford F-250 operated by Babette Stewart, 37, of Van Wert, who was driving east on State Road. Both vehicles ended up in a yard on the northeast corner of the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Brake was transported to Van Wert County Hospital by Brickner Ambulance Service, while Stewart, who also suffered injuries in the crash, was also taken to the hospital by Brickner&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident and alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash. Sheriff Thomas Riggenbach said investigation into the accident is continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Assisting at the scene were the Ohio City Fire and EMS Department, Straight-line Body &amp; Paint and 2A&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Van Wert County government sustained a tragic loss Wednesday morning with the death of Van Wert Solid Waste Management District Manager George Brake, who was killed in a traffic accident at the intersection of Mendon and State roads on the southwest side of the county. Brake was pronounced dead at the scene [&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-68229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 22:21:29","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\/68229","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=68229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}