City: Monroe, Ohio
County: Preble, Ohio
Date of Accident: December 18, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1990 Dodge
An elderly man, of Palestine, Ohio, sustained injuries and was charged with operating his vehicle without reasonable control, following a crash that occurred in Monroe, Preble, Ohio, on December 18, 2013 at approximately 12:05 am. Reports from the OSHP are that the man was driving a 1990 Dodge van, north on State Route 127, when he allegedly drove the vehicle off the right side of the roadway. It grazed an evergreen tree, ran over a private driveway, turned sideways in the air, landed, rolled once and struck a tree before it rested. Monroe Township transported the man to Wayne County Hospital. Brower towed the van.
There were approximately 893 accidents that occurred in Ohio in 2011 and involved an embankment. In 2012, Monroe, Preble, Ohio, whose population was 2,290, suffered a total of 20 injury crashes, which resulted in 31 people sustaining injuries. In the category of location of first harmful event by crash severity, there were 2406 injury-crashes that occurred outside the traffic way in 2011. Trees that were involved in injury crashes amounted to 2,731 in 2011. Those accidents, which were because of improper lane changes, were 3,823, which caused injuries.
If you’ve been injured in a Twin, Gasper or Monroe, Ohio, area accident, please call the Preble County, Ohio, car accident lawyers at Chester Law Group Co., at 800-218-4243.