2 die after rear-ending Mack truck

CELINA, OH (WANE) - The Mercer County Sheriff's Department  is investigating a traffic accident that killed two people around 11:00 a.m., Friday. It happened at the intersection of SR 29 and SR 118 N in West Jefferson Township, about 20 miles south of Van Wert.

According to police, a 2000 Mack Dump truck, driven by 54-year-old Michael Evers, 1267 Wendel Road, Fort Recovery was eastbound on SR 29 was stopped for traffic waiting to make a northbound turn.   While the truck was waiting on westbound traffic to clear the intersection so it could turn, it was struck in the rear by an eastbound 1995 Buick Park Avenue, driven by Jacqueline Yoss, age 57, Ossian, IN with a passenger in the vehicle, 93 year old Delbert Yoss, Geneva, IN was in the front seat.

Jacqueline and Delbert were trapped in the vehicle and had to be taken out by Celina Firefighters with the jaws equipment. Both Jacqueline and Delbert were taken to Mercer Health by Celina EMS. Jacqueline was pronounced dead upon arrival at Mercer Health and Delbert was taken by a medical helicopter to a Dayton Hospital where he died a short time later.

The crash marks the fourth fatal traffic crash in Mercer County in 2009 and the fourth and fifth fatalities. The incident remains under investigation.