DEKALB CO. Ind. (ADAMS) – Officials in DeKalb County say that an Ohio man was speeding and was intoxicated when he drove off State Road 8 before crashing into a tree on Sunday morning.
According to a release, just after 3 a.m., the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 6700 block of SR 8 on the report of an unknown injury accident. The caller reported the car was on its side in the middle of the road.
On scene, a 2005 Ford Explorer was found facing south resting on the driver’s side of the vehicle. The driver, 25-year-old Austin Ziehr of Edgerton, Ohio, was pinned inside the car.
Officers determined the car was eastbound on SR 8 when it drifted off the south side of the road into a deep ditch. It continued eastbound off the road until it struck a large tree on the front passenger side. The car then rotated ninety degrees back onto the road and rolled onto the driver’s side.
Ziehr was pulled out and taken to the hospital for further medical treatment, where he was listed in stable condition.
Both speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash. The car was totaled.
The crash remains under investigation. The DeKalb Co. Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the Butler Police Department, ISP, Parkview DeKalb EMS and Samaritan, Butler Fire Department, Concord Fire, Spencerville Fire Department.
