Van/Pickup Crash Caused Injuries to 59 Y-O Woman in Portage, OH

City: Mantua, Ohio
County: Portage, Ohio
Date of Accident: October 5, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1998 GMC / 2012 Ford F150

An accident occurred on October 5, 2013 which resulted in injuries for a 59 year old woman in Mantua, Portage, Ohio at approximately 2:45 pm. According to police reports, the woman, Joyce A. Petrie was driving a 1998 GMC van east on State Route 303, while a 48 year old woman of Greensburg, PA, was driving a 2012 Ford F150 north on Infirmary Road and State Route 303. The driver of the pickup allegedly turned left in front of the van onto State Route 303, heading west. The van struck the pickup in the driver side trailer. The injured woman was transported by Mantua Fire Department to Robinson Memorial and the other woman was charged. Eye’s towed both vehicles.

Stop signs were a contributing factor in 7,331 injury crashes in Ohio in 2010. Mantua, Portage, Ohio, whose population in 2012 was 1,046, suffered 3 injury crashes with 4 that resulted in injuries. Accidents that occurred and resulted in injuries when it was cloudy amounted to 19,791. Accidents that occurred in 2010 which involved drivers’ failure to yield accounted for 12,165 that resulted in injuries, while those which were angle crashes were 21,458 which resulted in injuries in 2010. Accidents which involved pickup trucks in 2010 were 14,862 which caused injuries.

If you’ve been injured in a Brimfield, Suffield or Mantua, Ohio, area accident, please call the Portage County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.