On June 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 telephone in regards to one vehicle roll over injury crash on SR 19 West of the intersection of SR 19 and Iberia Road. Members of the Galion Fire Department responded along with Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office. Upon Deputies arrival they discovered a blue in color 2002 Chevrolet S-10 pick up truck on it’s side in the Southeast lane of SR 19. The vehicle was driven by forty six year old Adam C. Ray of Bucyrus, Ohio and the jaws of life had to be used to extract him from his pick up truck.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the Chevrolet was traveling Northwest on SR 19 and travelled off the South side of the roadway where it struck a mailbox and sign. The pick up truck then struck a guardrail and rolled several time before coming to rest in the roadway on it’s side. Mr. Ray was transported to the Galion Community Hospital for his injuries and later taken to the Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. No other occupant’s were in the vehicle at the time of the crash which remains under investigation. Ronk’s Towing removed the vehicle from the scene and as of
June 19, 2024 Mr. Ray remains in the hospital in Columbus, Ohio.