City: Belpre, Ohio
County: Washington, Ohio
Date of Accident: October 5, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2006 Dodge / 1994 Pontiac Grand Am
An elderly woman was injured in a rear end accident that occurred in Belpre, Washington, Ohio, on October 5, 2013 at approximately 1:56 pm. Reports from the Belpre Police Department are that a 76 year old man, Charles J. Alloway of Coolville, Ohio, was driving a 2006 Dodge pickup and slowed, then stopped in traffic on Washington Boulevard in that city. The pickup was rear-ended by a 1994 Pontiac Grand Am midsize car that was being driven by an 18 year old woman of Windsor, South Carolina. An occupant of the pickup, Lana J. Alloway 64, was injured and treated at the scene. Two occupants of the car, Katelin Thomas 14, and Cara Mundy 15, both of Parkersville, WV, were not injured. The driver of the car was charged.
Those accidents in which there were no controls were 13,475 which resulted in injuries. Belpre, Washington, Ohio whose population in 2012 was 4,192 suffered a total of 33 injury crashes, which resulted in 46 people being injured, while those that involved pickup trucks were a total of 59,405. Rear end crashes last year were 22,056 of 81,986 in Ohio. Accidents in which drivers failed to maintain an assured clear distance ahead were 18,889 in 2011.
If you’ve been injured in a Belpre, Marietta or Belpre, Ohio area, please call the Washington County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.