Six students on Arlington Local School District bus transported to hospital

NORTH BALTIMORE–The Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is  investigating a two-vehicle injury crash that occurred Sept. 7, at 9:15 p.m. on southbound Interstate 75 near Eagleville Road in Wood County. 

The preliminary investigation showed a Dodge Ram pick-up truck, operated by Aaron  P. Hilt, 32, North Baltimore, was driving southbound on I-75 when it struck the rear of  an Arlington Local School District bus, operated by Miles E. VonStein, 34, Jenera.  After impact, the Dodge Ram went off the right side of the roadway, through a right of-way fence and caught fire. Hilt fled the scene on foot and was located at his  residence by officers from the North Baltimore Police Department.  

Hilt sustained serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Blanchard Valley  Hospital. The school bus had 26 juveniles on board and six were transported to  Blanchard Valley Hospital by ambulance with minor injuries. VonStein was not  injured. 

Hilt was medically cleared and then he was incarcerated at the Wood County Justice  Center. He has been charged in the Bowling Green Municipal Court with aggravated  vehicular assault, a third-degree felony; leaving the scene of an accident, a fifth-degree  felony; operating a vehicle under the influence, a first-degree misdemeanor; and failure  to maintain assured clear distance, a minor misdemeanor. 

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by the North Baltimore Police  Department, Hanco EMS, Mid-County Ambulance District, North Baltimore Fire  Department, North Baltimore EMS and the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. 

This incident remains under investigation.