The roundabout is 560 feet in length on Ohio 53, with an 18-foot lane width. Terra officials put in a roundabout at the new campus access road as part of the college’s effort to create a safer entrance onto the Fremont campus while preparing for potential growth and economic development There have been several motorists who went straight through the roundabout median, McLaney said, with quite a few crashes involving motorists driving northbound on Ohio 53 and coming from Tiffin's direction. Most crashes at the roundabout involved speeding and happened in wet conditions. McLaney said the customized light poles cost about $9,000 each to replace. Then two weeks later we had another accident and we lost a third one," McLaney said. Terra State began researching the crashes as it started losing light poles, said Jeremy McLaney, the college's human resources director. Schumacher said Sandusky County commissioners also will be involved in the meeting.Ĭollege officials would like two ideas to be considered: adding flashing lights on reduced speed signs and expanding the width of the roundabout. Ron Schumacher, Terra State's president, said college officials have reached out to ODOT and plant to meet with the department within the next two weeks to discuss possible safety improvements at the roundabout. Three college-maintained light poles have been lost when cars or trucks crashed into them. She was ordered to report to community control for pretrial services, according to court records.FREMONT - When Terra State Community College and the Ohio Department of Transportation worked together in 2015 to put in a new roundabout on Ohio 53, they shared a goal of improving safety and slowing down traffic near Terra's campus.īy Terra State's count, there have been 19 crashes, one fatal, in the past two years at the roundabout. Her bond was set at $50,000 without a 10% provision. Popoca pleaded not guilty to all of the charges at an arraignment Tuesday. On Monday, Popoca was booked in the Sandusky County jail after having been arrested by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, according to jail records. 21, according to court records, after which a warrant was issued for her arrest. However, Popoca reportedly alleged to police she “acted as a middleman” and made $50 from the transaction, the report stated. In an interview with police, Popoca allegedly admitted to selling the pills to Neurtia, according to the report from Fremont Police. Testing by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation later confirmed the pills contained fentanyl.ĭetectives stated they went on to learn Neurita may have bought the pills from Popoca, who at the time was her neighbor. Officers found a clear plastic bag containing nine pills, which detectives suspected to be pressed fentanyl pills since they were not all matching in color, according to reports. Investigators found bag containing fentanyl pills Wyant’s boyfriend reportedly told police she was addicted to opiates, she had taken what was believed to be a Percocet before he went to bed and he discovered she was unresponsive when he woke up for work. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Wyant was deceased in her living room. Wyant was discovered unresponsive at her residence by her boyfriend, who called 911 around 3 a.m. Popoca is alleged to have sold suspected fentanyl pills to Neurita Wyant, 60, who died of a drug overdose on or near April 28, at her residence within the 300 block of North Ohio Avenue in Fremont, according to reports from the Fremont Police Department. Popoca, 46, is charged in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court with one count of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony one count of corrupting another with drugs without purpose to cause serious physical harm, a second-degree felony and one count of trafficking a fentanyl related compound to sell or offer to sell, a fifth-degree felony. FREMONT - A Sandusky woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and two other felony drug offenses after being accused of having sold synthetic opioid pills to a Fremont woman who later died of an overdose.Īraceli A.
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