Patrol: Woman dies after accident

A Mount Blanchard woman who was hurt in a Hancock County accident at CR 7 and CR 330 Nov. 26 has died, according to State Highway Patrol. Ruthann A. Bushong, 75, was pronounced deceased at Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo Tuesday due to complications from injuries sustained in the accident, according to State Highway Patrol's accident report. According to the report, Bushong was driving a 2000 Volkswagen New Beetle south on CR 330, and Timothy M. Kummerer, 61, of New Riegel, was driving a 2013 Ford Escape east on CR 7. Kummerer failed to yield at the stop sign, and his Ford Escape struck the Volkswagen New Beetle, according to the report. Both vehicles drove off the road into a field at the southeast corner of the intersection, the report states. Bushong and Kummerer had been wearing seatbelts, and Kummerer was issued a right-of-way citation, the accident report states. Bushong and Kummerer were taken by Hanco EMS to Blanchard Valley Hospital, and Bushong was taken to Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo due to medical complications Nov. 29, the report states. Bushong's funeral and burial were Saturday morning. She was a Whirlpool Corp. retiree, according to Coldren-Crates Funeral Home. Kummerer is the priest for All Saints Catholic Community based in New Riegel.