City: Harrison, Ohio
County: Vinton, Ohio
Date of Accident: January 30, 2014
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1998 Dodge Durango / 1997 International Bus
A 1997 International Bus that was transporting school children was struck by a 1998 Dodge Durango SUV in Harrison, Vinton, Ohio, on January 30, 2014 at approximately 3:04 pm. Police reports are that a 41 year old woman was driving the SUV, east on County Route 13 and allegedly drove off the left side of the roadway. The SUV struck a ditch, a tree and the school bus before it overturned. 12 children who were occupants of the bus were not injured. The driver of the Dodge was transported by Vinton EMS to Grant Medical and charged with operating her vehicle without reasonable control. McDonald’s towed the SUV.
The drivers who crashed because they made improper lane changes were 3,930, which resulted in injuries. Those accidents, which occurred in Harrison, Vinton, Ohio, were 4 injury crashes, which resulted in 5 injuries. Harrison’s population in 2012 was 1,030. There were 99 injury crashes which involved other bus in 2010 which resulted in injuries. Accidents in which vehicles were sideswiped in the same direction in 2011 were 2,203. Accidents in which vehicles struck ditches amounted to 2,164, which caused injuries in 2011.
If you’ve been injured in a Harrison, Swan or Clinton, Ohio, accident, please call the Vinton County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.