Car Crashes and Causes Injuries to 20 Y-O Man in Belmont, Ohio

City: Pultney, Ohio
County: Belmont, Ohio
Date of Accident: August 10, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2004 Buel XBS / 1990 Ford Bronco

20-year-old Chad Thomas McGuire of Bellaire, Ohio who was driving a 2004 Buel XBS motorcycle east on State Route 149 sustained injuries in an accident that occurred on August 10, 2013 at approximately 4:48 pm in Pultney, Auglaize, Ohio. Police reports are that the vehicle allegedly struck the rear of a 1990 Ford Bronco SUV that was being driven by William Kovalyk Jnr. as he was slowing to turn. McGuire was transported by Nefts EMS to OVMC for his injuries, while Kovalyk Jnr received no injuries. Bill’s towed both vehicles.

SUVs that were involved in injury crashes were 22,889 in 2011. There were 18,889 injury crashes that were caused because of drivers who failed to keep an assured clear distance ahead/ACDA. Accidents that were rear end crashes in 2011 were 22,056 of 81,986 in Ohio. Pultney, Belmont, Ohio, whose population in 2011 was 9,700; suffered 49 injury crashes, which resulted in 68 injuries. Accidents in which the vehicles overturned/rolled over and caused injuries, amounted to 27 in the category of first harmful event in unit of error.

If you’ve been injured in a Pultney, Pease or Wheeling accident, please call the Belmont County, Ohio, motorcycle accident lawyers at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.