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The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Defiance Post is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Tuesday, October 28th, at approximately 1:56 P.M, at the intersection of The Bend Road and Buckskin Road in Delaware Township, Defiance County.
A 2018 GMC Acadia, operated by Robert Peel Jr, age 33 of Angola, Indiana was traveling east on Buckskin Road. A 2021 Kia Soul, operated by Mary Chapman, age 63, and her front seat passenger, John Chapman, age 42, were traveling north on The Bend Road. The GMC Acadia failed to yield at the posted stop sign at the intersection, striking the Kia Soul. The GMC traveled off the northeast side of the roadway, striking a utility box and stop sign. The Kia Soul traveled off the northeast side of the roadway and overturned.
Peel Jr was wearing a safety belt and was transported to Parkview Bryan Hospital by Delaware Township
EMS with minor injury. Mary Chapman was wearing a safety belt and was transported to Parkview Bryan Hospital by Sherwood EMS, where she was pronounced deceased. John Chapman was not wearing a safety belt and was
transported to Mercy Health Defiance Hospital with critical injuries. John Chapman was later flown to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center by Mercy LifeFlight.
The crash remains under investigation.