City: Paint, Ohio
County: Holmes, Ohio
Date of Accident: August 23, 2013
Type of Accident: Truck Accident – 2005 Dodge Ram / 1995 Freight Truck
A 23 year old man was injured in an early morning accident that occurred in Paint, Holmes, Ohio on August 23, 2013 at approximately 5:50 am. Reports from the OSHP are that a 53 year old man, Don P. Sundheimer of Strasburg, Ohio, was driving a 1995 Freight Tractor-Semi and stopped on County Route 186, south at Federal Highway 62. The younger man was driving a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup south on Federal Highway 62, when it allegedly ran off the right side of the roadway and struck the tractor. The injured man was transported by Winesburg EMS to Aultman, then charged with operating his vehicle without reasonable control. Star American towed the pickup.
Crashes that were caused by drivers traveling at unsafe speed in 2011 were 4, 778 that caused injuries. In 2011, Paint, Holmes, Ohio whose population was 3,547 suffered 13 injury crashes, which resulted in 23 injuries. Accidents that occurred in the rain and resulted in injuries were 10,944 in 2011. Angle crashes that caused injuries in 2011 were 20,509. Those accidents which involved tractor/semi-trailers amounted to 1,875 which resulted in injuries. Crashes that occurred when it was dark not lighted were 479 that resulted in injuries.
For those who have sustained injuries a Paint, Monroe, or Berlin, Ohio, area crash, please call the Holmes County, Ohio, truck accident attorneys at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.