The heavily damaged car of the Rev. Joseph Pax, 85, 2860 U.S. 127, Celina, rests in the ditch while a semitrailer, also involved in the 1:43 p.m. crash Monday, is stopped on state Route 29, west of Celina. Pax remains in critical condition at a Dayton hospital.

Two people, including a retired priest who had served parishes in Minster and St. Henry, were seriously injured Monday in a pair of traffic accidents on rural Mercer County roadways. The Rev. Joseph M. Pax, 85, 2860 U.S. 127, C . . .