Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
jEEP, SCOOTER,
BUS INVOLVED
FremGnter Arrested for Reck.
lessness After Crash On
Portage River Bridge

An Oak Harbor woman is a pa
tient in Magruder Hospital and
Fremont man was arrested on
reckless driving charge as the re-
suit of a spectacular accident on
the Portage River bridge, Monroe
Street, shortly after nine Wednes-
day evening.
Freed on a $50 bond after
hearing in Mayor Carl Becker's,
court was Charles F. Scherer, 33,
Fremont, who admitted he had
been drinking and submitted to a
blood test.
Suffering compound fracture
of the left leg and ankle is Mrs
Nellie Dodd, So, Oak Harbor. She
was a passenger in the car driven
by Mrs F. A. Schell, 81, Elnore.
Mrs. w. w. Laughlin, SO, Oak
Harbor, another passenger and
Mrs. Schell suffered multiple
bruises. Frank A. ISchell, the
drivers husband, escaped injury.
Mrs. Schell and her passengers
had been attending religious
meeting in Port Clinton and were
enroute to their homes when the
accident happened. .Patrolman
w. F. Robel Investigated, and his
report shows that Scherer cross
ed over the double yellow line,
his car striking the Schell We
hicle as he was going north in his
own lane OF traffic.
Among those injured in traffic
accidents were Mrs. Nancy w.
Street, 4S, Toledo; Cpl. Ray Kelli-
son, 20, Cleveland; Hugh Pingle
and Gordon Haynes, Toledo; Sgt.
William Harris, Toledo; Jack Wer-
tenbach, %, Put-in-Bay, and Mil
dred Crowell, IL, Cleveland.
Mrs. Street suffered multiple
bruises Sunday afternoon when
the car she was driving smashed
into a parked truck owned by
Howard Liggett, 38, Trilby, in Rt.
2, Is miles west of this city. The
injured woman and her party were
returning to Toledo after fishing
trip to Port Clinton.
State Highway Patrolman Zene
Smith said the truck was parked
off the highway. Mrs. Street was
taken to st. Vincent's Hospital.
Traffic was detoured several hours
as the accident blocked the high
way.
julius Naft, 43, suffered head
injuries Wednesday forenoon when
a truck he was driving, parked
car owned by Joseph P. Andrews
and a Greyhound bus driven by
John ]. Cassidy, 81, Cleveland.
figured in an accident in front of
his auto wrecking yard along
Route 2.
Patrolman William Robel, who
investigated, said the bus was at
tempting to pass Naft's truck,
when Naft made left hand turn
without using hand signals. The
bus also hit Andrews parked car,
crashing it into Naft's fencing,
before the bus ended up in a ditch.
Cpl. Kellison, Pingle and Haynes
were injured in spectacular
crash II, Route 2, just east of Ere
mont Oil Company at 8 Saturday
afternoon. Kellison was driving
an army jeep, enroute from Cleve-
land to Camp Perry where he was
to have spent the weekend.
Deputy Sheriff William Cullen
and local police helped clear the
debris and kept traffic moving
Kellison was brought to Magru-
der Hospital via Gerner and Wolf
ambulance, and was treated fol
scalp and knee injuries. He was
released Sunday afternoon. Pingle
and Haynes, riding in an auto
which collided with Kellison's jeep
were given emergency treatment
for Skull, elbow, cheSt ana leg cuts
and bruises.
Jack Wertenbach, %, Putin
Bay, suffered a fractured collar
bone, and multiple contusions Of
the forehead Saturday Afternoon
when he fell off a motor scooter
he was riding at the island. Flown
to the local airport, Wertenbacf
was brought by Gerner and Wolf
ambulance to Magruder Hospita
where he remains under treat
ment.
Neck is Broken
Sgt. William Harris, Toledo, ma,
tonal guardsman suffered severe
back and neck injuries Saturday
afternoon when he dived off Camp
Perry pier into shallow water. The
paralyzed young man was rescued
by companions,
Neck and back vertebrae were
repeatedly crushed in the accident
the pinched nerves hamperinl
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