City: Huntington, Ohio
County: Brown, Ohio
Date of Accident: September 10, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan / 2005 Kia Optima
A motor vehicle crash occurred on Federal Highway 52 in Huntington, Brown, Ohio, and resulted in injuries for an elderly woman, 75-year-old Ethel Wright of Middletown, Ohio who was treated at the scene. On September 10, 2013 at approximately 1:25 pm. Police reports are that a 79 year old man was driving a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan minivan, along with a 2005 Kia Optima compact car that was being driven by 24 year old Emily Sue Young of Ripley, Ohio, west on Federal Highway 52. The driver of the Kia slowed and attempted to turn left into a private driveway. The driver of the minivan allegedly failed to maintain an assured clear distance and drove left of the center of the roadway, trying to avoid a collision with the Kia. The Dodge struck the Kia in the rear, causing it to rotate off the highway, struck a guardrail and rested over an embankment. The injured woman was an occupant of the minivan. The elderly man was charged and Souder’s towed both vehicles.
Angle crashes were 21,458 which resulted in injuries in 2010. In Huntington, Brown Ohio, in 2011, the population was 2,968; there were 17 reported injury crashes, which resulted in 27 injuries. The accident involved a minivan, in Ohio in 2010 there were 8,826 accidents which involved minivans, which resulted in injuries. In Ohio in 2010 the total amount of accidents which occurred as a result of drivers’ following too closely/ACDA was 69,454 with 18,934 which resulted in injuries. The injury crashes which occurred in 2010 and involved drivers crossing median or centerline amounted to 750. Those which involved guardrail ends and resulted in injuries were 328.
If you have been hurt in Huntington, Scott or Lewis, Ohio, please call the Brown County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.