TOLEDO, Ohio — UPDATE: According to a social media post from Washington Local Schools, engineers and safety experts have determined the school is structurally sound, and the hole left by the collision will be filled on Wednesday.
Shoreland Elementary will reopen to normal operations on Thursday, Sept. 21. Students from the impacted classroom will be welcomed in other classrooms during renovations. Additionally, counseling staff will be available to speak with students who may require the services, school officials said.
The original story is below:
Classes were canceled at a Toledo-area elementary school after a police pursuit ended with a pickup truck going through an exterior building wall early Wednesday.
This happened at Shoreland Elementary School on Suder Avenue in Point Place.
Washington Township police at the scene told WTOL 11 the driver suffered minor injuries and was taken into custody. According to a police report, crews were in pursuit of Ryan Hasselbach after he failed to stop for a traffic stop. Police chased Hasselbach who they claimed was traveling at speeds of 90 to 100 mph before losing control of the vehicle and crashing into the school.
Police arrested Hasselbach and charged him with Failure to Comply, Obstructing Official Business and Vandalism. In a report, police estimated the collision caused "an estimated excess of $150,000 in floodwater, structural and ancillary damages."
Washington Township police provided the following dash camera footage, which shows the pursuit, crash and arrest. It is included below:
Hasselbach's bond was set at $50,000. He is due back in Toledo Municipal Court on Friday.
As a result of the damage, Shoreland Elementary was closed on Sept. 20.
The classroom the truck crashed into is destroyed and has signs of water damage, according to school maintenance and officials at the scene assessing the damage.
Kadee Anstadt, superintendent for Washington Local School District, told WTOL 11 at the scene that the truck spun around and went backward through the building wall.
"We are hoping to be back at school very soon," Anstadt said. She also said "our heart has a gaping hole this morning" because it happened to be the classroom of Charlie, a student who has a lot of braille supplies and all of those supplies "are sitting in water."
An engineer arrived at the scene to look for any structural issues. The fire chief for Washington Local Fire Department told WTOL 11 the school was newly renovated within the last two years.
Police continue to investigate the crash.
The Washington Local Schools Foundation has posted an online fundraiser to help rebuild the classroom. Those interested in donating can do so here.
Truck crashes into Shoreland Elementary
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Editor's note: An earlier version of this story contained an error attributing the dash cam video to Toledo police. The dashcam video was provided by the Washington Township Police Department.