KELLEYS ISLAND — For the second time this week there’s been a serious crash involving a 25-foot boat and a break wall near northwest Ohio’s Lake Erie islands.

WKYC-TV of Cleveland reports a boat struck a break wall off Kelleys Island early Friday, injuring four passengers.

Kelleys Island police say the person driving the boat was not hurt. But the four others who were on board were taken by helicopter to a hospital in Cleveland. There was no immediate word on the extent of their injuries.

Earlier this week another 25-foot boat slammed into a break wall at nearby Ballast Island, killing one person and injuring two others.

LORAIN — Sportsman Frank Webber said he encountered a large Asian carp last weekend near hot waters in Lorain — a claim that will be investigated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

LaGrange Township’s Frank Webber estimates the length of what he thinks was an Asian carp using his paddle at his home Thursday. Webber was kayaking on Lake Erie near the Lorain lighthouse Saturday when the fish jumped out of the water. (CT photo by Steve Manheim.)

Webber, 60, of LaGrange Township, said the fish leaped out of the water 10 times after he struck it with a paddle while kayaking about 7 p.m. Saturday.

“I came in around the lighthouse into hot waters, and I hit something with my paddle,” he said. “This huge fish shot straight out of the water like a rocket.”

He said the fish leaped up again and again until it was exhausted.

“It jumped up again and again around my kayak like it was insane,” he said. “I went eyeball-to-eyeball with it.”

Webber said the fish had “a big rubbery mouth” and eyes set lower in the head than a regular carp.

When he got home, he looked up Asian carp on the Internet. He said he was convinced he had an actual encounter with the invasive species, which is considered a serious threat to the $7-billion-a-year Great Lakes fishing industry.

Webber, who estimated the fish weighed 40 to 50 pounds, called local game warden Randy White to report the sighting.

Webber will be contacted for additional information about what he saw, said Ray Petering, fish chief at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Asian carp have been found in commercial fish nets in Lake Erie, but the catches are few and far between, Petering said. The last fish carcass was found about six years ago, he said.

Petering said it is possible that Webber saw a regular carp that began jumping after being struck with the paddle.

If Webber saw an Asian carp, Petering said it could have been released by people who buy live fish at Asian markets in Detroit and Cleveland and believe it is “good karma” to eat one and release one.

However, he said the fish should not even be sold because their sale violates the Lacey Act, which combats illegal trafficking in wildlife.

Asian carp were originally imported into the United States in the 1970s to clean catfish ponds, but when those fish farms flooded, the carp made it into the Mississippi and Wabash rivers where they reproduced.

Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or cleise@chroniclet.com.

One reported case of salmonella in Lorain County is being linked to a nationwide outbreak caused by contaminated turkey, according to officials at the Lorain County General Health District.

Grafton’s Sparkle Market has pulled ground turkey from its shelves as part of the FDA recall. (CT photo by Steve Manheim.)

The exact source of the contamination is still unknown, but meat giant Cargill, based in Minnesota, voluntarily recalled 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey Wednesday evening.

The Wellington resident exhibiting symptoms of salmonella reportedly bought contaminated meat within Lorain County but was unable to identify an exact location.

According to Cargill, all of the packages recalled include the code “Est. P-963,” but packages were labeled under many different brands, including Honeysuckle White, Riverside Ground Turkey, Natural Lean Ground Turkey and Shady Brook Ground Turkey Burgers.

The recall also includes ground turkey products packaged under the HEB, Safeway, Kroger, Randall’s and Giant Eagle grocery store brands. The recall also includes some ground turkey that isn’t labeled at all and some that went to food service establishments, according to Cargill.

Employees at Giant Eagle locations were not able to comment on the outbreak, and the corporate headquarters did not return calls.

However, Sparkle Market in Grafton took the precautionary measure of removing all of itsground turkey from the shelves and quarantining it. IGA in Oberlin made the same move.

Commissioner Kenneth Pearce of the Lorain County General Health District stressed that not all turkey available from grocers is contaminated.

“This particular turkey product is not your sliced turkey in the deli,” Pearce said Thursday. “It’s ‘comminuted’ or ground-up turkey that’s been identified as the problem.”

Bacteria generally gathers on the surface of meat, but when the meat is ground up, it’s possible for it to enter the middle of the meat. If meat is improperly cooked, bacteria may remain in the middle and cause salmonella in humans.

It is still possible to eat the meat if it has been cooked to above 165 degrees, but Pearce recommends disposing of the product.

If you come in contact with the product, it is recommended that you to wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds.

Ohio is tied with Michigan for the highest reported number of sicknesses, 10. Texas has reported nine; Illinois, seven; California, six; and Pennsylvania, five.

Neither Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin nor EMH Medical Center in Elyria has encountered patients with symptoms of salmonella, according to employees.

Contact Emily Kennedy at 329-7243 or ekennedy@chroniclet.com.

BOSTON — Jacoby Ellsbury never had a game-winning hit before this week.

Now he has two in as many games.

One night after his ninth-inning single drove in the game-winning run, the Red Sox center fielder homered with two outs in the ninth on Wednesday to give the Boston Red Sox a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians.

“The guy’s got us two nights in a row,” said Indians reliever Joe Smith (2-2), who retired the first two batters in the ninth before Ellsbury hit an 0-1 pitch over the wall in straightaway center.

Asked if the pitch was where he wanted it, Smith said: “Four hundred and fifteen away to the middle of center? No.”

Jonathan Papelbon (4-0) pitched a perfect ninth for Boston, which won for the 10th time in 13 games. Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez each had two hits, and Tim Wakefield took a three-hitter into the seventh but could not collect career victory No. 200.

Jason Kipnis homered for the fourth straight day for Cleveland, which lost for the 10th time in 13 games to fall to .500 for the first time since the fourth game of the year. Starter Carlos Carrasco allowed three runs — two earned — and nine hits and three walks while striking out five before leaving with the game tied 3-all in the eighth inning.

Tony Sipp struck out two in a perfect eighth, and then Smith retired pinch-hitter Darnell McDonald and No. 9 hitter Marco Scutaro before Ellsbury, who was 0 for 4 so far in the game, came to the plate. Ellsbury, who hit a one-out single to win it on Tuesday, drove it over the high wall in center.

“I realized it was the ninth inning and I had been 0 for 4 both games. I’m just trying to get on base,” he said. “The last two days have been pretty good.”

Wakefield took a 3-2 lead into the seventh inning with a chance for his 200th win, but he gave up doubles to Lonnie Chisenhall and Ezequiel Carrera to tie it. Red Sox manager Terry Francona headed to the mound, leading Wakefield to pound his fist in frustration and drawing boos from the crowd.

The fans cheered Wakefield as he left the field, but he did not react. He allowed three runs and five hits and two walks in all, striking out six in 6 2-3 innings.

“It’s hard,” Francona said. “I knew what it meant to the fans wanting to see it — and so do I — and to him personally. But you do what you have to do to try and win the game.”

The right-handed knuckleballer, who turned 45 on Tuesday and is the oldest active player in the majors, will have another chance at becoming the 108th pitcher with 200 wins — the 89th since 1900 — is expected to come on Monday or Tuesday night.

Carrasco, who had lost five straight starts, was suspended six games and fined $2,500 for throwing at the head of Kansas City’s Billy Butler on Friday night. He said he would drop his appeal and begin the suspension after Wednesday night’s game.

Notes

• The teams are back for game four of the series on Thursday night, when newly acquired starter Erik Bedard will face former Red Sox pitcher Justin Masterson. Masterson is 3-3 with a 1.76 ERA in his past 11 games (10 starts). He was part of the deal that brought Victor Martinez to Boston at the 2009 trading deadline. In three career starts against his former team, he is 2-0 with a 1.25 ERA.
• Bedard only went 1 1-3 innings and gave up five runs in his previous start, for Seattle against Tampa Bay — his first start since coming off the DL (sprained left knee).
• To make room for Jimenez on the roster, the Indians optioned LHP David Huff to Triple-A Columbus.
• Indians OF Michael Brantley was given the night off to rest his sore right wrist.
• Kipnis is the first Indians rookie to homer in four straight games since Al Rosen in 1950, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
• Pedroia was the AL player of the month for July, with 46 hits in the month.
• Boston SS Marco Scutaro was back in the lineup after sitting out Tuesday’s game with dizziness.
• The Red Sox batter with game-ending hits on consecutive days of the regular season was Butch Hobson in 1978, though David Ortiz did it in the 2004 playoffs against the New York Yankees.