PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, OH : Three injured in two-vehicle accident on Saturday, February 17th 2017

The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two vehicle injury crash that occurred at the intersection of Liberty Union Road and Van Wert - Willshire Road in Van Wert County.

On Saturday at approximately 3:52 p.m. a 2012 Nissan Titan pickup truck and trailer, operated by James E. Freeman, age 67, of Williamsburg, Kentucky, was traveling south on Liberty Union Road.

A 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, operated by Christopher N. Wilson, age 32, of Ohio City, was traveling east on Van Wert - Willshire Road.

Freeman failed to stop at the stop sign and struck the left front of Wilson’s vehicle.

Both vehicles came to final rest in a field on the south east side of the intersection and sustained disabling damage.



Freeman was transported by Ohio City EMS to the Van Wert County Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

A passenger in the Nissan, Jason D. Brown, age 30, of Williamsburg, Kentucky, was transported by Samaritan Life-Flight to Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Wilson, was transported by Ohio City EMS to the Van Wert County Hospital where he was later transported by Samaritan Life-Flight to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Freeman and Brown were reportedly not wearing seat belts. Wilson was reportedly wearing a seat belt.

Alcohol is not suspected to be a factor in the crash and the crash remains under investigation.

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Three injured in two-vehicle accident