Chevy Strikes Tree, Splits in Morrow, Ohio, 21 Y-O Man Killed

City: Franklin, Ohio
County: Morrow, Ohio
Date of Accident: October 10, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor vehicle Accident – 1985 Chevrolet Camaro

County Route 121 in Franklin, Morrow, Ohio, was the scene of a crash that resulted in fatal injuries for a 21 year old man, Maxton Lea Whitehead Jr., of Mount Gilead, Ohio, who was taken by HW Evac 107 to OSU Hospital. Reports from the ODPS are that on October 10, 2013 at approximately 7:16 pm, the man was driving a 1985 Chevy Camaro full size car, west on County Route 121, when he allegedly lost control and the car went off the left side of the roadway. It came back on and went off the right side. It struck a large pine tree and was split in two. Mr. Taillight towed the car.

Accidents which involved full sized vehicles were 109 which resulted in fatalities, while those which ended in fatalities and involved trees were 105 for most harmful event. Franklin, Morrow, Ohio, had a population of 1,410 with 1 fatal crash of 100. There were 143 fatal crashes which were as a result of drivers traveling at unsafe speeds in Ohio in 2010. Accidents which occurred when it was dusk was 1 which resulted in fatalities.

If you’ve been injured in a Canaan, Franklin or Congress, Ohio, area accident, please call the Morrow County, Ohio, wrongful death attorneys at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.