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Monday, October 14th, 2024

1 man, 44, killed in wreck

2 injured passengers, both minors, survive

By Abigail Miller
Submitted Photo

A Fort Recovery man was killed Sunday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident on State Route 49. Two youths were injured.

Photo from Mercer County Sheriff's Department

FORT RECOVERY- A 44-year-old Fort Recovery man was killed and his two minor passengers were airlifted with serious injuries following a one-vehicle accident on Sunday afternoon in Gibson Township.

At about 3:04 p.m., Kimo Bechtol was driving a 2014 Dodge Ram Truck northbound on State Route 49 when he went left of center, struck a guardrail and went down into an embankment near Fox Road, according to county sheriff's office chief deputy Doug Timmerman.

Bechtol was pronounced dead at the scene. His two passengers, a 13-year-old male and an 8-year-old female were transported with serious injuries to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater then airlifted to an unknown area hospital, per Timmerman.

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Responding to the scene were Mercer County Sheriff's deputies, Southwest Mercer Fire District, Burkettsville Fire Department, Careflight and Mercer County Emergency Response Volunteers.

The accident remains under investigation.

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