Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued September 5 at 2:36AM EDT until September 5 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 655 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FRANKLIN LICKING UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN HARDIN LOGAN MERCER SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BELLEFONTAINE, CELINA, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, KENTON, LANCASTER, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, SIDNEY, ST. MARYS, URBANA, AND WAPAKONETA.

Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 3:06AM EDT until September 5 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...East Central Auglaize County in west central Ohio... North Central Champaign County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 600 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 306 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Bellefontaine, West Liberty, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, Lakeview, Chippewa Park, Huntsville, Valley Hi, Mcmorran, Lewistown, Logansville, Bloom Center, Springhills and Lippincott.

Monday, October 14th, 2024

1 man, 44, killed in wreck

2 injured passengers, both minors, survive

By Abigail Miller

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A Fort Recovery man was killed Sunday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident on State Route 49. Two youths were injured.

Photo from Mercer County Sheriff's Department

FORT RECOVERY- A 44-year-old Fort Recovery man was killed and his two minor passengers were airlifted with serious injuries following a one-vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon in Gibson Township.

At about 3:04 p.m., Kimo Bechtol was driving a 2014 Dodge Ram Truck northbound on State Route 49 when he went left of center, struck a guardrail and went down into an embankment near Fox Road, according to county sheriff's office chief deputy Doug Timmerman.

Bechtol was pronounced dead at the scene. His two passengers, a 13-year-old male and an 8-year-old female were transported with serious injuries to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater then airlifted to an unknown area hospital, per Timmerman.

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Responding to the scene were Mercer County Sheriff's deputies, Southwest Mercer Fire District, Burkettsville Fire Department, Careflight and Mercer County Emergency Response Volunteers.

The accident remains under investigation.

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