City: Waverly, Ohio
County: Pike, Ohio
Date of Accident: October 5, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2002 Ford Focus / 2005 Honda CRV
An elderly man, aged 72 years old, allegedly ran a red light in Waverly, Pike, Ohio, on October 6, 2013 at approximately 2:14 pm and caused injuries to a 20 year old woman, Linda S. Deer. Reports from the police are that the woman was driving a 2005 Honda CRV SUV east on West Emmitt Avenue in the right lane. She was approaching the intersection of North Market Street and had a green traffic light. The man was driving 2002 Ford Focus compact car a north on North Market Street and approached a red light at Emmitt Avenue. The elderly man proceeded into the intersection, while the light was still red. The woman entered the intersection and the CRV struck the car on the driver’s side. The woman was transported by Pike County EMS to Adena Pike, while the elderly man was charged. Two occupants of the vehicles, Brianna R. Brothaq 19 and Zella F. Bullion 75, were not injured.
SUVs in injury crashes were 22,889 in 2011. In 2012, Waverly, Pike, Ohio had a population of 4,433 residents; they suffered 26 injury crashes that resulted in 46 injuries. Sub compact vehicles which were involved in injury crashes in 2010 amounted to 1,120.Drivers drove left of the center of the road in 2010 in 1,541 injury crashes. In Ohio in 2010 the total amount of accidents which occurred as a result of drivers who ran red light or stop sign was a total of 11,162 with 4,527 which resulted in injuries. Those accidents, which involved a traffic signal in 2010, were 14,038, which resulted in injuries.
If you’ve been injured in a Waverly, Union or Pebble, Ohio, areas, accident, please call the Pike County, Ohio, car accident lawyers at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.