Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.
66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° 65° 65° chance Sat 86° Sat 86° chance
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Friday, August 9th, 2019

Semitrailer plows into cornfield

By Sydney Albert
Photo by Dan Melograna/The Daily Standard

A semitrailer transporting packing material for feminine products crashed into a cornfield along State Route 29 on Thursday morning in Celina.

CELINA - The driver of a semitrailer transporting packing material for feminine products was hospitalized after his vehicle went into a cornfield along State Route 29 early Thursday morning.
A citizen reportedly called in at 1:44 a.m. to report a semi that had gone into a cornfield north of State Route 29 at the curve between Staeger and Havemann roads, according to a Celina Police Department news release.
Upon arrival, officers found the truck in the field, but the driver could not be located. An Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter was called in. Using its forward-looking infrared camera, the pilots were able to locate Alexander Khaspekov, 54, about 150 feet from the semi. Mercer County Sheriff's deputies and St. Marys police also assisted in the search.
Khaspekov was reportedly passing in and out of consciousness and was transported to Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater, by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation reportedly revealed that Khaspekov had been operating a 2015 Volvo semitrailer westbound on State Route 29 when, for an unknown reason, he failed to negotiate the curve and drove off the north side of the roadway. His vehicle traveled a few hundred feet and crashed through a drainage ditch before coming to a rest. Khaspekov then apparently exited the truck and wandered in the corn until he lost consciousness, the release stated.
The Celina Police Department thanked the citizen who made the call, as well as patrol, sheriff's and St. Marys police personnel for their assistance.

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