The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal traffic crash that claimed the lives of 2 persons on Thursday evening, March 17, 2022.
At 5:38 p.m. Hardin County Central Dispatch received a report from a passerby of a vehicle off the road and fully engulfed in flames in a field on County Road 75 at County Road 30 in Liberty Township.
Upon their arrival, emergency responders were unable to gain access to the vehicle due to the intensity of the flames. Once the fire was extinguished, the two occupants of the vehicle were discovered to have perished. Their identity has not been released pending positive identification.
Posted on Ada Police Department Facebook page on March 15, 2022:
The Ada Police Department is in the process of accepting applications for the position of Full-Time Police Officer.
The Ada Police Department serves a community of nearly 6,000 residents and prides itself on being named one of Ohio's and the Nation's Safest Towns.
Our agency enjoys the support of those we serve and through our village Mayor and Council, enjoy a newly remodeled police facility, modern cruisers and equipment.
Our officers work 10-hour shifts with 3, 4-day weekends in a row.
The Ada Police Department has provided the Ada village council with a 2021 Year-End Report that provides insight on staffing developments, information on the number of offenses, incidents and arrests, and financials.
Police Chief Michael Harnishfeger provided the Icon with the attached copy, which includes the following totals:
1,641 Calls for Service
2,488 Officer Initiated Activities (traffic stops, open doors, etc.)
261 Written Reports (105 Criminal, 228 Non-Criminal with some overlap)
The Ada-Liberty Township Joint EMS squad is familiar with busy years. The Icon reported in 2019 that the department received 527 calls. Fast forward to 2021: The department had calls for 626 runs, with 80 calls in December alone, the most 911 calls in a single month in the department's history.
Tom Miller, EMS chief, reported these stats at the January 17 meeting of the ambulance board, which is composed of Jeff Acheson, representing Liberty Township; Shelia Coressel, representing the Village of Ada, and Terry Keiser, member at large. The board meets on the third Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the station on Gilbert Street.
In a followup interview, Miller broke down the 911 calls by type, noting that crews sometimes find an incident involves issues not initially reported to dispatchers:
