TOWNSEND TOWNSHIP – A Highway Patrol trooper has been cited for the collision he caused when making a U-turn on US 6.
The two-vehicle collision occurred at 1:28 p.m. April 26 on U.S. 6 at County Road 294 in Townsend Township, Sandusky County.
A Highway Patrol Dodge Charger, operated by Trooper Yousif Sabah, 23, was driving northeast when he observed a vehicle traveling southwest at more than 70 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. Trooper Sabah was doing a U-turn to catch up to the speeding vehicle when he turned into the path of a Chevrolet Blazer, operated by Lee Swartz, 53, Fremont, that was traveling southwest…