(4-1-24) This morning at 12:46 am Van Wert County Shet Deputies responded to a motor vehicle crash on U.S. Route 127 in Liberty Township.

US 127 near SR 709

Daviyon Tubbs was traveling north bound on US 127 near the intersection of SR 709, when he witnessed a Semi traveling south bound and a vehicle attempting to overtake the Semi. Tubbs also saw that there was not enough space between his vehicle and the one overtaking the Semi. To avoid a head on collision with the vehicle driving around the Semi, Tubbs drove off the right side of the road into the ditch and while in the ditch he hit a gravel embankment which was an entrance to a farmer’s field.

When Deputies arrived there were two individual’s that were employees of Spirit of Medical Transport and that had stopped to make sure Tubbs was okay. They verified that they had watched the incident happen and saw Tubbs being forced to take action.

Tubbs’ car sustained front end damage that resulted in his vehicle being inoperable, the car was then towed away by Hague Towing. Tubbs was asked what the vehicle driving at him looked like and he advised that he only saw headlights coming at him.