1 Killed; 2 Injured in Lorain, Ohio Head On Crash

City: Brownhelm, Ohio
County: Lorain, Ohio
Date of Accident: May 16, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1994 Honda Civic / 2001 Ford F350

A three-vehicle crash occurred in Brownhelm, Lorain, Ohio and resulted in the death of 28 year old Dale W. Welty of Vermilion, Ohio, and injuries for 25 year old Nicholas A. Kidd and 20 year old Christopher R. Dewitt of New London and Elyria, Ohio, respectively. Police reports are that on May 16, 2013 at approximately 5:25 pm, a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am full size car and a 1994 Honda Civic compact car were headed north on County Route 51 (Baumhart Road), while a 2001 Ford F150 pickup was headed south on the same road. Kidd, who was driving the pickup allegedly went left of the center of the road and caused the 17 year old male driver of the Pontiac, Brandon S. Danicki of Amherst, Ohio, to drive right of the center of the road, in an attempt to avoid a collision. The pickup then sideswiped the Pontiac and struck a Honda Civic that was being driven by Welty, head on. The car was pushed off the east side of the roadway, where it struck a guardrail. The pickup overturned and slid off the east side of the roadway, where it also struck the guardrail. Welty was transported by Great Lakes Ambulance Service, Kidd was treated at the scene and Dewitt was transported by Lifeflight to Cleveland Metro Hospital. L & M Towing removed the Honda and the pickup from the scene.

Those crashes that involved pickups were 14,518 that caused injuries. Brownhelm, Lorain, Ohio whose population in 2011 was 7,782, suffered a total of 1 fatal crash of 102 and 21 injury crashes that resulted in 27 injuries. Accidents that involved guardrail faces were 1,207, which resulted in injuries, in the category of first harmful event in unit of error. Those accidents which were attributed to sideswiping in the opposite direction amounted to 1,078 which caused injuries. There were 100 fatal crashes in which drivers drove left of the center of the road in 2010.

If you’ve been injured in a Brownhelm, Eaton or Carlisle, Ohio, area accident, please call the Lorain County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.