4 injured in 3-vehicle accident on state Route 66 in Auglaize County

A three-vehicle accident in New Bremen, Auglaize County, sent four people to hospitals and remains under investigation, troopers with the Ohio Highway Patrol, Wapakoneta post, said.

The driver and a passenger in a Honda minivan drove into the path of a semitrailer at state Route 66 and Lock Two Road just before 1 p.m., according to the patrol.

Jeanette Raudabaugh, 81, of Saint Marys, and the passenger in her minivan suffered incapacitating injuries and were taken to St. Ritas Hospital in Lima.

The driver of the semitrailer, 34-year-old Doug Everman of Celina, suffered minor injuries. He was taken to Joint Twp. Hospital in Saint Marys.

According to the state patrol, the collision involving Raudabaugh's and Everman's vehicles caused the big rig to hit a Chevy passenger car headed north on 66.

Janelle Homan, 32, of Saint Marys, was driving that car. She was taken to Joint Twp. Hospital also, suffering non-incapacitating injuries.

Alcohol use is not suspected in the accident that left all three vehicles heavily damaged, according to the patrol.