City: Johnson, Ohio
County: Champaign, Ohio
Date of Accident: June 7, 2013
Type of Accident: Truck Accident – 2005 Buick / 1995 KW Tractor
A 2005 Buick SUV that was being driven by a 17-year-old youth of Russel’s Point, Ohio, Thomas Hunter Valentine, was involved in a crash that resulted in his being killed and transported by Careflight to Miami Valley. A 33-year-old man was also treated at the scene by St. Paris EMS, in the same accident which occurred on June 7, 2013, at approximately 1:10 pm. Reports from the ODPS are that the youth was driving south on State Route 235 in Champaign, Ohio when he allegedly drove left of the center of the road. His vehicle struck a 1995 KW T80 truck that was being driven north by the 33-year-old man, Jason K. Hoop, head-on. The truck was registered to Yeah Man Trucking. Dan’s towed both vehicles.
Head-on collisions, which occurred in Ohio in 2010, amounted to 123, which resulted in fatalities. Johnson, Champaign, Ohio whose population in 2011 was 3,357 suffered 1 fatal crash of 45 and 9 injury crashes with 6 that resulted in 16 injuries. Accidents, which involved single-unit trucks with 3+ axles or more and resulted in injuries, amounted to 398 in 2010 in Ohio. Drivers drove left of the center of the road in 2010 in 1,541 injury crashes. The accident involved an SUV; in Ohio, in 2010 there were 22,261 for sport utility vehicles, which resulted in injuries.
If you’ve been injured in a Wayne, Chester or Johnson, Ohio, area, please call the Champaign County, Ohio, truck accident lawyers at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.