A CLEVELAND AREA WOMAN IS INJURED AND A DARKE COUNTY MAN RECEIVES A CITATION, FOLLOWING A MONDAY AFTERNOON CRASH IN SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE-JUST AFTER 5:30PM MONDAY – DEPUTIES, ALONG WITH ARCANUM RESCUE, AND PITSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT, WERE DISPATCHED TO THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 49 AND GRUBBS-REX ROAD – ON THE REPORT OF AN INJURY ACCIDENT. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT A HYUNDAI TUCSON WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST ON STATE ROUTE 49, AND TRIED TO TURN LEFT (WEST) ONTO GRUBBS-REX ROAD. THE DRIVER OF THE HYUNDAI FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO A TOYOTA RAV-4, WHICH WAS TRAVELING SOUTHEAST ON OHIO 49. AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION, THE HYUNDAI SPUN INTO A PETERBILT 337 – WHICH WAS STATIONARY FACING EAST ON GRUBBS-REX ROAD. THE DRIVER OF THE TOYOTA, 27-YEAR-OLD MILES HARTZELL OF RICHFIELD, OHIO, WAS TRANSPORTED TO WAYNE HEALTHCARE BY ARCANUM RESCUE, FOR MINOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THYE HYUNDAI, 42-YEAR-OLD MILES HARTZELL OF GREENVILLE WAS ISSUED A CITATION FOR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN TURNING LEFT. THE DRIVER OF THE PETERBILT, 41-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN LAMB OF WEST MILTON, WAS NOT INJURED.
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