Car Strikes Median Barrier, Overturns in Portage, Ohio

City: Brimfield, Ohio
County: Portage, Ohio
Date of Accident: April 20, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1997 Pontiac Bonfire

An accident that occurred in Brimfield, Portage, Ohio, on April 20, 2013 at approximately 3:49 pm resulted in injuries for a 57 year old woman of Cortland, Ohio. Reports from the ODPS are that the woman was driving a 1997 Pontiac Bonfire midsize car east on Interstate Route 76 and allegedly drove off the left side of the roadway. The vehicle struck the median barrier and overturned. Brimfield Fire Department transported the woman to Akron City, after which she was charged with operating her vehicle without reasonable control. Plaza towed the car.

Concrete medians that were involved in crashes in Ohio, were 902 in 2011. Brimfield, Portage, Ohio, whose population in 2011 was 7,963, suffered 56 injury crashes with 82 that resulted in injuries. Those accidents, which involved improper lane change, were 3,823, which caused injuries. Accidents that occurred and resulted in injuries when it was cloudy amounted to 19,791. Mid size, vehicles that were involved in accidents in 2011 were 41,253 of 158,786, which caused injuries. In Ohio in 2010, there were approximately 628 accidents which occurred in the median.

If you’ve been injured in a Brimfield, Suffield or Edinburg, Ohio, area accident, please call the Portage County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.