ACCIDENT

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6-4-25

74-YEAR-OLD DANIEL WENNING, OF THE FORT LORAMIE AREA, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE MOTORCYCLE HE WAS RIDING WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE PIECE OF FARM MACHINERY JUST EAST OF THE VILLAGE. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 3-30 P-M ON OHIO 362 IN MCCLEAN TOWNSHIP, NEAR LAKE LORAMIE STATE PARK. ACCORDING TO A SERGEANT FROM THE FORT LORAMIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH THE MOTORCYCLE AND FARM MACHINERY WERE TRAVELING WEST ON 362, AFTER PROCEEDING FROM THE STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION WITH FORT LORAMIE-SWANDERS ROAD. THE MOTORCYCLIST ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEGAL PASS AROUND THE SLOW-MOVING FARM MACHINERY, BUT HE DID NOT NOTICE THE SIGNAL THAT THE MACHINERY WAS TURNING LEFT INTO A FARM. THE TURNING FARM MACHINERY THEN STRUCK THE MOTORCYCLIST.  DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE WENNING’S INJURIES, CAREFLIGHT WAS CALLED AND HE WAS FLOWN TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL IN DAYTON.   THE FORT LORAMIE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION. THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND CREWS FROM THE FORT LORAMIE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FORT LORAMIE EMS ASSISTED AT THE SCENE.