Firefighters gather behind the car of Mason Werling, 18, Ossian, who was injured after his car was hit by a semi at U.S. 224 and Ind. 1 Thursday afternoon. Werling was transported by Wells County EMS to Lutheran Hospital for treatment of his injuries. According to a press release from the Wells County Sheriff’s Department, Werling was southbound on Ind. 1 at 2:16 p.m. and had the green light at the traffic light at the intersection. Billy Miller, 27, of Elkmont, Ala., was hauling steel on a westbound semi. He claimed he had a yellow light, but witnesses told the investigating sheriff’s deputy otherwise. The crash impacted the driver’s side door of the car and then drug it about 300 feet before the trailer wheels finally topped the car and crushed the driver’s side. Firefighters from both Bluffton and Ossian responded. The crash closed U.S. 224 to through traffic for a couple hours. (Photos by Glen Werling)
