Multiple accidents Thursday evening

Crews responded to three accidents Thursday evening. A Tiffin man was injured in a single-vehicle accident on CR 591. Trooper Richard Donovan of the Fremont post of State Highway Patrol said Melvin Hook, 33, was traveling east on CR 591. Hook went off the right side of the road, struck a pole and came to a rest in a field, he said. Donovan said Hook was transported by NBS EMS District to Mercy Health – Tiffin Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Chief Dennis Kessler of NBS Fire District said Hook had to be extricated from the car. Personnel used spreaders to pop the driver's door open and they used cutters to cut the brake pedal, he said. Kessler said the extrication took about five minutes. Donovan said Hook was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and failure to control. Hook was wearing a seatbelt, he said. CR 591 was closed while crews worked at the scene. The accident was reported at 7:08 p.m. and NBS EMS District, NBS Fire District, the Echo unit, State Highway Patrol, Seneca County Sheriff's Office, American Electric Power and Reinhart Auto Body responded to the scene. Crews responded to a single-vehicle accident on SR 18. There was no transport, according to a Seneca County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said. The accident was reported at 7:12 p.m. and Tiffin Fire Rescue Division, Clinton Township Volunteer Fire Department and State Highway Patrol responded to the scene, the spokeswoman said. Crews also responded to a two-vehicle accident at SR 18 and CR 5 Thursday evening. Sgt. Matt Davis of the Fremont post of State Highway Patrol said Kevin M. Mason, 45, of Bucyrus, was traveling south on CR 5 in a 2011 Honda Civic and Candace R. Harding, 36, of Fostoria, was traveling east on SR 18 in a 2003 Ford Taurus. Mason stopped at the stop sign, pulled into the intersection to make a left turn and his Honda was struck by Harding's Ford, he said. Davis said the Ford went off the right side of the road and the Honda came to a rest partially off the left side of the road. Harding was transported by Bascom EMS to ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, he said. Davis said Mason was cited with failure to yield stop sign. Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts, he said. The accident was reported at 7:27 p.m. and Bascom EMS, Bascom Joint Fire District and State Highway Patrol responded to the scene.