Monday, February 07, 2000
Loveland driver held after head-on crash kills man
BY TOM O'NEILL
The Cincinnati Enquirer
WEST UNION, Ohio — A Loveland man faces charges after a head-on crash that killed a resident of nearby Lynx, an Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesman said Sunday.
Three people were injured in the Saturday afternoon crash on Ohio 247 in West Union. William G. Wallen, 54, was killed. His son was among the injured.
Johnny R. Miller, 29, of Loveland is being held in the Adams County Jail pending charges, highway patrol Trooper Anik Black said Sunday.
“We're looking at aggravated vehicular,” Trooper Black said. “He was more than two feet over the center line.” Alcohol, she added, was involved, but any driving-under-the-influence charge would depend on the results of blood tests.
Mr. Miller's 1996 Ford Ranger crossed the center line at 5:32 p.m. and struck Mr. Wallen's oncoming 1985 Honda Accord, according to a release by the Georgetown, Brown County, barracks, which investigated.
Mr. Miller was not wearing a seat belt, Trooper Black said, but it is unclear whether any of the other people in the crash were.
Jennifer L. Johnson, 27, of South Lebanon, a passenger in Mr. Miller's vehicle, was taken to Adams County Hospital, where she was in stable condition, then transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital, where she was listed in fair condition.
Mr. Wallen's son Michael Wallen, 22, of Stout in Adams County, was in serious condition at University Hospital. The Wallens' vehicle caught fire after the crash, the highway patrol said.
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