City: Moorefield, Ohio
County: Harrison, Ohio
Date of Accident: October 14, 2013
Type of Accident: Truck Accident – 2000 International 470
A 26-year-old man of Charleston, WV, sustained injuries and was transported by Harrison EMS to Community Hospital and then charged with operating his vehicle without reasonable control, following an accident that occurred in Moorefield, Harrison, Ohio. Reports from the OSHP are that the man was driving a 2000 International Truck east on Federal Highway 22 and allegedly drove the vehicle off the right side of the roadway. The truck struck a utility pole. Westfall towed the vehicle.
There were 5,213 injury crashes, which were because of drivers traveling at unsafe speeds in Ohio in 2010. Moorefield, Harrison, Ohio whose population in 2011 was 420 suffered 2 injury crashes, which resulted in 2 injuries. In the category of location of first harmful event by crash severity, there were 2406 injury-crashes that occurred outside the traffic way in 2011. Accidents which involved single unit trucks with 2+ axles and 6 tires and resulted in injuries amounted to 1,067 in 2010 in Ohio. Accidents that caused injuries and involved utility poles were 1,619.
If you have been injured in a Moorefield, Green, or Athens truck accident, please call the Harrison County, Ohio, truck accident lawyers at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.