Thursday, May 29, 2025 - Capsule Reports

Rolled vehicle

Damage is estimated between $10,000 and $25,000 after a Ridgeville teen rolled the car he was driving off Mount Pleasant Road about 3:50 p.m. Sunday.

Gabriel A. Bower, 16, was driving a 2003 Toyota Matrix south on the road near county road 450 South when he hit something in the road, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. The vehicle went off the west side of the road, and Bower overcorrected, causing the car to roll three to four times before coming to a rest on the east side of the road.

Bower sustained a burn on his lower arm.

The Toyota Matrix — it’s registered to Justin J. Stammen of Ridgeville — was towed.

Lost control

A Portland teen lost control of the vehicle he was driving, causing him to crash into the back of a dump truck at the intersection of Meridian and Lafayette streets about 11:48 a.m. May 22.

Aidan M. Miller, 17, was driving a 1999 Chevrolet S-10 pickup north on Meridian Street nearing its intersection with Lafayette Street when his brakes malfunctioned, according to a Portland police report. The vehicle Miller was driving crashed into a stopped 2007 Volvo truck driven by 56-year-old Thomas Emerick.

Damage was estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The truck Miller was driving was towed.