WOOSTER — The reported theft of a vehicle license plate led to two police pursuits and an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday, according to the Wooster Police Department. The suspect in the case, whom authorities had not identified as of Thursday morning, was eventually taken into custody and flown by medical helicopter to Akron General Hospital […]
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DUI suspected as passenger dies in single-vehicle Wayne County crash
WAYNE COUNTY — A 25-year-old Holmes County woman died early Sunday morning in a one-car crash in Wayne County’s East Union Township in which the driver is suspected of being impaired. Hannah Eve Baird of Big Prairie, a rear-seat passenger in a 2020 Ford F-250 Super Dutypick-up, was pronounced dead at Wooster Community Hospital, according […]
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25-year-old Wayne County man killed in four-wheeler crash
CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP – A 25-year-old Wayne County man was killed late Tuesday afternoon after a one-vehicle crash involving a four-wheeler, according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Garrett Carraway, 25, of Doylestown, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Patrol stated he was not wearing a helmet at the time of […]
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Smithville woman killed in Friday night Wayne County crash
CANAAN TOWNSHIP – A Smithville woman was killed in a Friday night crash, according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The Patrol reported that Morgan L. Hoxworth, 26, was pronounced deceased at the scene of a three-vehicle crash. The incident took place at approximately 7:15 p.m. on State Route 83 near […]
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21-year-old killed in Wayne County motorcycle crash
SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP – An East Canton man was killed Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash, according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The driver of the motorcycle, Jackson Simple, 21, was transported from the scene by East Wayne Fire and EMS to Aultman Orrville Hospital. While enroute to the hospital, […]