Crashes knock out Portage County Civil War memorials

DEERFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Civil War memorials are under attack from traffic in one Ohio county, where two monuments have been knocked down by vehicles this month.

Portage County authorities say a Civil War memorial that has already been replaced twice was struck by a truck Saturday on the central circle in Deerfield.

The monument to those who fought in the Civil War first went up in 1870 and was rebuilt after crashes in 1975 and 2002. Deerfield trustee Mike Rach says the memorial belongs on the circle and should be restored again.

Earlier in March, a car toppled a Civil War memorial dedicated in 1950 in Atwater Township, six miles from Deerfield. Township officials are still deciding how to proceed.