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Snow hits, more to come

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Area residents used snowblowers, snow plows and snow shovels to dig out from a winter storm that hit late Friday and Saturday. Another storm is to hit tonight. Staff photo/William Laney
 

MIKE BURKHOLDER
and WILLIAM LANEY
Staff Writers
A winter snow storm, which dumped as much as 3 feet in the Washington, D.C. area, hit the area with as much as 9 inches of snow in Wapakoneta and some areas of Auglaize County.
The snowfall came with high winds which created drifts as tall as 4 feet causing hazards for the city and county roadways.
Wapakoneta weather observer Dan Dietz calculated 8.5 inches of snow fell in Wapakoneta Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 10 more inches starting with a light snow at midnight with most of the snow falling throughout the day Tuesday before tapering off early Wednesday morning.
Wapakoneta Public Works Superintendent Meril Simpson said city crews hit the roads at 4 a.m. Saturday, but the high winds hampered their effforts.
Crews worked until 4:15 p.m.. Saturday and returned Sunday and worked from 7 a.m. to 1p.m. before heading back out early this morning.
“We are attempting to clear the roadways the best we can and we are dumping more salt and grit this time,” Simpson said this morning. “The temperature is still too cold for the salt to work, but if we get enough sun it may warm it up enough to help.”

 
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Man dies in pursuit
Monday, 08 June 2009
By KAREN CAMPBELL
Assistant Managing Editor
A 25-year-old Maria Stein man was killed after crashing his motorcycle while being pursued by Minster Police officers.
Nathan P. Thobe, 25, sped from police officers on his Kawasaki Ninja after they attempted to stop him for a minor misdemeanor of failing to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of First and Cleveland streets, Minster Police Chief Randy Houseworth said this morning.
He said the chase lasted only a few minutes but reached high speeds on the west side of town before entering in the Minster Industrial Park shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday.
The suspect was pursued north on Ohio Street through Four Seasons Park and two farm fields before turning back into the village where the pursuit continued south on Ohio Street into the industrial park.
The chase ended near the intersection of Industrial Drive and Executive Parkway where Thobe failed to negotiate a turn and flipped his bike. He was ejected, said Sgt. Tom Brookhart with the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash. While he was wearing a helmet, Thobe, who was taken to Joint Township District Memorial Hospi-
tal in St. Marys by Minster Rescue Squad, was pronounced dead after his arrival by Auglaize County Coroner Thomas Freytag.
Alcohol was involved in the crash. Brookhart said Thobe tested 0.17. The legal limit is 0.08.
“He was a young guy, running from the police and going too fast,” Brookhart said.
He said Thobe was driving with a valid license and did not have any active warrants out for his arrest.
The Highway Patrol is using a crash reconstruction specialist to assist in its investigation, but preliminary findings indicate that speed and alcohol were contributing factors.
Minster Police officers are handling the investigation of the pursuit and circumstances surrounding the incident.
Houseworth also said there is an internal investigation going on to see if the officers responded appropriately under the department’s policy for pursuits.
Assisting in the pursuit were units from New Bremen and Fort Loramie police departments and the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office.
Thobe is the second motorist to be killed in a traffic fatality in Auglaize County this year. He is the first to be killed on a motorcycle.
Joan Decker, of Waynesfield, was killed Feb. 13 on Ohio 196 outside of Waynesfield.
Two motorcyclists were killed in crashes in Auglaize County last year — Daryl Bogg at the intersection of Townline-Kossuth and U.S. 33 on April 5 and Arthur Schaub on Cemetery Road on July 25.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 June 2009 )
 
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