On the afternoon of Oct. 25, 1966, Chardon Police Chief John Bohl, founder of the Chardon Police Department, responded to a catastrophic accident on U.S. Route 6. The crash tragically claimed six lives, including an infant and a toddler. “It was the kind of scene that breaks a person,” said current Police Chief Scott Niehus. “Chief Bohl responded anyway. And while he was there — on duty, in service, doing what he had always done — he suffered a …
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