City: Center, Ohio
County: Wood, Ohio
Date of Accident: April 30, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2003 Harley Davidson / 2010 Kia
A 48-year-old man, Dean William Martin of Findlay, Ohio lost his life in an accident that occurred in Center, Wood, Ohio, while a 22-year-old woman was injured on April 30, 2013, at approximately 5:15 pm. Police reports are that a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle was being driven by Martin, west on Federal Highway 6, while a 2010 Kia midsize car was headed east on the same road, being driven by 22-year-old Kalena N. Kuhlne of Bowling Green, Ohio, and allegedly failed to yield the right of way when it was turning left on the ramp for Interstate Route 75 north. It was struck by the motorcycle which then overturned on its side and ejected the driver. Both vehicles rested off the north side of the roadway with the Kia on top of the motorcycle. Lifeflight transported the man’s body to St. Vincent’s Medical and Mid County 120 EMS transported the woman to Wood County Hospital. Wright’s towed both Vehicles.
In Center, Wood, Ohio, whose population was 1,246 in 2011, there were 3 fatal crashes of 123 and 23 injury crashes, which resulted in 43 injuries. Accidents which were not hit/skip in 2010 were 939 which caused fatal injuries. In Ohio in 2010, accidents which occurred and were not a collision of two vehicles in transport amounted to 23,253 for injuries and 518 which resulted in fatalities. There were 2,587 accidents in 2010 in which there were no safety devices used which resulted in 118 fatalities. There were 4,552 Motorcycles involved in crashes in 2010. Accidents that occurred in 2010 which involved drivers’ failure to yield accounted for 12,165 that resulted in injuries.
If you’ve been injured in a Henry, Center or Troy, Ohio, area accident, please call the Wood County, Ohio, motorcycle accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.