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Here’s a cut and paste from a local newspaper.


DESHLER — Three persons were seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash Monday afternoon just south of here.
The crash occurred around 2:05 p.m. on Henry County Road 2, south of Road B, and approximately two miles south of Deshler.
According to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office, a northbound vehicle driven by Heather May, 40, Deshler, went off the right side of the roadway, possibly due to an equipment failure. The operator reportedly overcorrected, causing the vehicle to rotate counterclockwise. The vehicle left the roadway and into a large ditch bank. It continued northbound through the ditch where it overturned before coming to rest.
May and her passengers, Nick Wagner, 40, Deshler, and Christopher Arens, 28, Deshler, were reportedly ejected from the vehicle, according to scanner traffic. They were transported by air ambulances to Toledo area hospitals. Condition updates were unavailable.
Assisting at the scene were Deshler/Bartlow Township Fire Department, Deshler police, Henry County South Joint Ambulance District and EMS units from Holgate and Malinta.
The accident remains under investigation.

I wonder what the cause was.

"possibly due to an equipment failure" is a good reminder to use quality parts, and check things over periodically.

The land here is very flat, think pool table. Farmers have tiled their fields to drain off standing water to rivers then north Lake Erie; as a result the ditches are very deep, often ten feet or more yet oddly narrow to save farm land. Cars and trucks entering the ditch’s don’t fare well, their fortunate the ditch wasn’t full of water, a handful of people drown in the them every year.