A man was LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland after the car he was riding in hit a tree overnight on Gulf Road, according to Elyria police Lt. Andy Eichenlaub.
Joseph Sanders, 20, of Elyria, was driving a 1988 Buick Regal northbound on Gulf Road about 1:30 a.m. when he lost control and went left of center, Eichenlaub said. He left the road, and hit a tree on the hillside near 1499 Gulf Road, Eichenlaub said.
A passenger in the car, whose identity had not been confirmed this afternoon, was trapped in the car and had to be removed by firefighters using hydraulic extraction equipment, according to Elyria Fire Chief Rich Benton. He was LifeFlighted to MetroHealth.
Sanders, who wasn’t injured, was charged with wreckless operation, underage consumpion and OVI, according to Eichenlaub.
The LifeFlight helicopter landed on the soccer field at Lorain County Community College, Benton said.
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Crews from several departments responded to a fire this morning at a Columbia Township business, and a man was apparently taken to the hospital.
The fire, which was called in about 6:10 a.m., was on the property of Crossroads Asphalt Recycling, 13421 Hawke Road.
The fire started in an oil burner in a shed on the property, according to Columbia Township Fire Lt. Brett Heidecker. The cause of the fire is undetermined, he said, and a damage estimate had not been completed.
The Columbia Township and Eaton Township fire departments were on the scene about 6:30 a.m., and several others had been called.
(Photo by Rona Proudfoot, The Chronicle-Telegram.)
An ambulance left the scene with its lights flashing and sounding a siren. EMH Regional Medical Center was notified that the Eaton Township Fire Department was bringing in a male of unknown age. It was unknown what his injuries were or if they were related to the fire.
Smoke could be seen coming from the shed, which was behind several silos.
A caller told a 911 dispatcher the structure contained diesel fuel.
A man at the scene who declined to identify himself except to say he was with the company that owned the property refused to answer any questions and demanded The Chronicle leave the property.
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They stood by and anxiously waited as the machine lowered the flag-covered casket onto the tarmac.
The family of Lance Cpl. David R. Hall would have traded anything not to be there to watch their boy come home, at least not like this. But as the mechanical arms brought Hall’s body down to American soil, it at least meant they could be with him again.
Hall
“It was symbolic and important for us,” said Hall’s sister, Lora Hall, minutes after the family returned to Lorain from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware where her brother’s body arrived Wednesday morning.
“We saw him come off the plane and return home,” she said.
Hall, 31, died Monday from injuries sustained during a blast from an improvised explosive device while patrolling in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. The Marine’s body will be embalmed and an autopsy will be performed before it can return to Cleveland sometime this weekend, his sister said.
Lora Hall said the family has not planned funeral arrangements yet but hopes to publicize them so that all who knew and loved her brother could celebrate his life with them.
The transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Hall arrives Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. (AP photo.)
“I’m already starting to think about what I’m going to say, and I think I’m going to try and talk about how he wanted to make people appreciate freedom and all that means,” she said. “We’re going to focus on that a lot. It’ll be comforting.”
The family arrived at the base about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday and were greeted by dozens of Marines who answered questions and guided them through the process, she said. A Marine staff sergeant based in Northeast Ohio was with them the whole time, she said, driving them to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, flying with them and driving them from Philadelphia where they departed to the Air Force base.
“One thing that was very comforting was the Marine Corps takes care of families,” she said. “There are even a lot of high-ranking officials in his company that are going to fly down for the service. They were really embracing us.”
The family was taken to a small chapel where they were briefed on what they would be doing.
Afterwards, they went to where the body was and witnessed what the military terms a “dignified transfer.”
“The honor guard marched in and went onto the plane and stood next to him. They were all dressed up. They weren’t wearing their dress blues, but they had their khaki uniforms and white gloves. Everything was very official. It was very symbolic. They take their time,” she said.
She said the Marine Corps is trying to get Hall’s best friend, Lance Cpl. Jean Fenelus, to fly out of Afghanistan for the funeral service. Fenelus, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., became almost like an adopted son to Hall’s family and Lora Hall even took to calling him her brother. Both soldiers were in the same 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
A Lorain native, David R. Hall joined the Marines in 2006 after spending six years working at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake and at the Lorain Assembly Plant. His father, Delmar Hall, said his son joined the Marines because he wanted something to be proud of.
He spent about seven months in 2007 in Iraq training military police and was sent to Afghanistan in June. He was scheduled to come home Dec. 17.
A Southview High School graduate, he joined the football team his senior year and started at quarterback, earning a scholarship to play football for a Division III college. He turned it down to live in Chicago for a year, where he worked at a camera shop. He also lived in Elyria.
David Hall was the eighth Lorain County man to die while serving overseas since 2004 and the first killed in Afghanistan.
Josh Shackleford, 83 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Up The River, $646
Jared Smith, 81, $485
(tie) Steven Peebles and Tim Wilkinson, 79, $242 each
Steer wrestling
Cody Gardner, 4.2 seconds, $798
Justin Morehouse, 4.6, $599
Noel Strahan, 5.4, $399
Bones Strahan, 6.0, $200
Team roping
Chance Weldon/Colt Becht, 11.8 seconds, $570
Alan Weilnau/Greg Drew, 13.0, $428
Tyler Waters/Scott Conlee, 13.7, $285
Rob McPhail/Garett Madry, 13.9, $143
Saddle bronc riding
Lyle Welling, 82 points on J Bar J Rodeo’s Hell’s a Poppin’, $646
Roy Toney, 78, $538
Cody Rud, 72, $377
No other qualified rides.
Tie-down roping
Jess Hume, 9.9 seconds, $798
Russell Wells, 10.0, $599
Tyler Waters, 10.3, $399
Casey Hume, 10.7, $200
Barrel racing
Natalie Overholt, 14.29 seconds, $520
Sarah Attea, 14.34, $452
Teresa Quay, 14.47, $384
Christina Dusendang, 14.71, $317
Tammy Sutton, 15.00, $249
(tie) Esther Miller and Kathy Stoker, 15.11, $147
Becky Dixon, 15.12, $45
Bull riding
No qualified rides.
Total payoff: $14,855.
Stock contractors: J Bar J Inc. and Gold Buckle Rodeo Company. Rodeo secretary: Margaret Zinser. Officials: Chris Bastein and Roger Walter. Timers: Margaret Zinser and Shannon Zinser. Announcer: Joe Scully. Specialty act: John Hayden. Clowns/bullfighters: Andrew Gust and Art Gust. Barrelman: John Hayden. Flankmen: Josh Dohme and Ed Lepper. Chute bosses: Jim Zinser. Pickup men: Stacey Benton and Cody Zinser.
Info from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, www.prorodeo.com.
