A RANDOLPH COUNTY MAN SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AROUND 2:10PM ON NOVEMBER 17 – DARKE COUNTY DEPUTIES, ALONG WITH GREENVILLE CITY FIRE, GREENVILLE TOWNSHIP FIRE, GREENVILLE RESCUE AND UNION CITY RESCUE, WERE DISPATCHED TO STATE ROUTE 502 AND NEW MADISON-COLETOWN ROAD, ON THE REPORT OF AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A FREIGHTLINER TRUCK DRIVEN BY 32-YEAR-OLD LYS-ALLEN MICHEL THEOPHILE OF MIRAMAR, FLORIDA WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON NEW MADISON-COLETOWN ROAD, WHEN HE FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY AFTER A STOP SIGN, TO AN EAST BOUND FORD F-350 UTILITY TRUCK DRIVEN BY 45-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL STUMP OF UNION CITY, CAUSING THE STRIGHT TRUCK TO OVERTURN OFF THE ROADWAY. STUMP WAS TRAPPED IN HIS VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY MECHANICAL MEANS. THEOPHILE AND HIS PASSENGER – CLIFFORD JEAN MATHIEU – WERE TRANSPORTED TO WAYNE HEALTHCARE FOR MINOR INJURIES. STUMP WAS TRANSPORTED TO PHILLIPSBURG WHERE THEY MET THE MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. THE M-I-C-U THE TRANSPORTED STUMP TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL IN DAYTON. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
