Three Injured When Commercial Semi Strikes House.

On Wednesday, January 21st, at approximately 2:47 P.M., the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of a commercial semi-truck striking a home in Richland Township in Allen County.
55 year old Gerry Bright, of Frankfort, Indiana was operating a 2022 Volvo Semi westbound on U.S. 30. The vehicle went off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail, and a fence. The semi then struck a house, causing it to partially collapse, before damaging three parked vehicles. Bright suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported from the scene by Beaverdam Richland EMS to Lima Memorial Hospital.
51 year old Lawrence Myers, and 21 year old Blake Vires, both from Lima, were inside the house when it was struck. They both suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Mercy Health St. Rita’s Hospital by Beaverdam Richland EMS.
The semi sustained severe damage and was towed from the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.