City: Darby, Ohio
County: Pickaway, Ohio
Date of Accident: October 5, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor vehicle Accident – 2009 Honda
An elderly couple who were the rider and occupant of a motorcycle sustained injuries following a crash that occurred in Darby, Pickaway, Ohio, on October 5, 2013 at approximately 10:52 am. Police reports are that the driver of a motor vehicle was waiting for the northbound traffic to clear to make a left turn into a private drive. The 65 year old man of Pataskala, Ohio, was on his motorcycle and allegedly swerved to avoid striking the vehicle and struck a sign pole. Both he and the occupant, 62 year old Esther L. Ford, also of Pataskala, Ohio, were transported by Pickaway Joint EMS to Grant. The man was charged and a friend of his towed the motorcycle.
Vehicles that were involved in accidents which the drivers failed to control amounted to 10,478 which caused injuries. Darby, Pickaway, Ohio whose population in 2011 was 3,492 had a total of 28 injury crashes, which resulted in 40 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 accidents that involved other post or pole or support amounted to 311 which caused injuries. Motorcycle accidents were 3,430 which resulted in injuries in 2010.
If you’ve been injured in a Darby, Wayne or Scioto, Ohio, area accident, please call the Pickaway County, Ohio, motorcycle accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.