Semi hits, kills woman in Sidney

A pedestrian was struck by a semi truck shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday in the 2500 block of Campbell Road in Sidney. Ohio State Patrol officers were still on scene as of 8:20 a.m. and were conducting a crash reconstruction. The incident happened in front of Ply Gem Siding Group’s complex. The OSP later identified the victim as 66-year-old Anna Nation, of Sidney. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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A pedestrian was struck by a semi truck shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday in the 2500 block of Campbell Road in Sidney. Ohio State Patrol officers were still on scene as of 8:20 a.m. and were conducting a crash reconstruction. The incident happened in front of Ply Gem Siding Group’s complex. The OSP later identified the victim as 66-year-old Anna Nation, of Sidney. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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March 28, 2025
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A woman is dead after she was hit by a semi truck Friday in Sidney.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Piqua Post, at about 5:37 a.m., a Volvo semi-tractor was driving eastbound on Campbell Road east of Stolle Avenue when it hit a pedestrian.

The highway patrol identified the pedestrian as Anna Nation, 66, of Sidney.

Emergency crews took Nation to Wilson Memorial Hospital, where she later succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash.

A pedestrian was struck by a semi. truck shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday in the 2500 block of Campbell Road in Sidney. Ohio State Patrol officers were still on scene as of 8:20 a.m. and were conducting a crash reconstruction. The incident happened in front of Ply Gem Siding Group’s complex. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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Highway patrol on the scene Friday morning said that the semi left the scene and they were searching for the driver.

The Piqua post later clarified that there was no evidence that the driver knowingly left the scene, and no charges have been filed at this time.

The driver of the semi was uninjured.

The highway patrol was joined on scene by the Sidney Police Department, Sidney Fire and EMS Department, Shelby County Coroner’s Office and Wreckers Towing and Transport LLC.

The crash remains under investigation.

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