City: Hubbard, Ohio
County: Trumbull, Ohio
Date of Accident: September 14, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2005 Volvo
A horrible early morning truck crash that occurred in Hubbard, Trumbull, Ohio, claimed the life of a 57 year old man, Barry L. Johnson of Chicago, IL, on September 11, 2013 at approximately 6:11 am. Reports from the OSHP are that the man was driving a 2005 Volvo tractor-semi east on Interstate Route 80 and allegedly drove into the median where the truck struck a guardrail and a bridge. It then continued on the bridge rail and fell off the bridge landing onto the railroad tracks beneath. The unit then caught fire. The man’s body was transported by McGonigle Ambulance to THM Morgue and Watson’s towed the truck.
Those which involved tractor/semi-trailers amounted to 77 which resulted in fatalities. In 2011, Hubbard, Trumbull, Ohio, had a population of 8,284; there were 0 fatal crashes of 65. Those accidents which involved improper lane change were 118 which caused fatalities. Those which involved guardrail faces and resulted in fatalities were 19. Accidents in which the vehicles overturned/rolled over and which caused fatalities, amounted to 57 in the category of first harmful event in unit of error. In the category of first harmful event in truck crashes caused by truck drivers there were 0 fatal crashes that were caused by fire/explosion of 71.
Truck accident victims in Hubbard, Howland or Girard, Ohio, please call the Trumbull County, Ohio, truck accident and wrongful death lawyers at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.