Media Release from Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol
Paulding – The Van Wert Highway Patrol Post is investigating a single vehicle, rollover crash that occurred on CR111 near TR168 in Paulding County, Emerald Township, at 12:58 A.M. on August 1, 2025.
A 2006 Ford F-350, operated by a juvenile, of Oakwood, was traveling southbound on CR111. The juvenile lost control of the vehicle, going off the left side of the roadway, and overturned into a ditch. The juvenile was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. The juvenile was transported by Paulding EMS to Defiance Regional Medical Center, with life-threatening injuries. Alcohol is a suspected factor in the crash. The crash remains under investigation…