Thursday, June 6, 2024 - Capsule reports

Pool opens

Dunkirk City Pool opened for the summer today.

Regular hours will be noon to 6 p.m. The admission fee is $3. (Refunds will not be available for inclement weather.)

Fifty-cent nights will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays.

The facility is also available for rental.

Lost control

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Portland man lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into a telephone pole along county road 400 East about 6:40 p.m. Monday.

Rocki R. Jimenez, 22, was driving a 2010 Dodge Challenger south on the road near county road 200 North when he lost control of it on the stone surface, causing it to crash into a pole.

Jimenez was cited with an infraction for driving without a license. The vehicle is registered to Carmen A. Garcia of Portland, and it was towed.

Tire troubles

A Ridgeville teen lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into a tree along county road 900 South about 12:58 p.m. Sunday.

Colten A. Ruth, 17, was driving a 2009 Pontiac G8 east on the road when its front tire blew out, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. He overcorrected, causing the vehicle to leave the road and hit a tree.

His passenger, 18-year-old Landon J. Hicks of Monroeville, complained of head pain.

Damage was estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The vehicle he was driving — it’s registered to Bradley T. Clark of Farmland — was towed.