City: Highland, Ohio
County: Defiance, Ohio
Date of Accident: January 5, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2007 Chevrolet Uplander
Ayersville EMS was called to the scene of a crash that occurred in Highland, Darke, Ohio, on January 5, 2014 at approximately 10:25 am and resulted in injuries for two people. Police reports are that a 36 year old man was driving a 2007 Chevy Uplander pickup south on Harris Road. The driver allegedly drove the pickup off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected and went across the roadway. It went into a field where it landed onto its side. The man, along with a female occupant, 31 year old Lori A. Ordway of Continental, Ohio, was treated at the scene by Ayersville EMS. A one year old child, who was also an occupant, was not injured. The driver was charged with operating his vehicle without reasonable control and John’s towed the pickup.
Crashes that were caused by drivers traveling at unsafe speed in 2011 were 4, 778 that caused injuries. Highland, Defiance, Ohio, whose population was 2,658 in 2012, suffered 13 injury crashes, with 22, which resulted in injuries. In Ohio in 2010 accidents that occurred on the roadside amounted to 27,047, of which 8,918 resulted in injuries. There were 297.6 persons injured every day in 2010 in Ohio. One person was injured every 4.8 minutes. Accidents that were caused by snow on the road and resulted in injuries were 3,734 in Ohio, in 2011.
If you’ve been injured in a Noble, Highland or Adams, Ohio, area accident, please call the Defiance County, Ohio, car accident lawyers at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.