18 Y-O Youth Injured in Holmes, Ohio, Crash

City: Ripley, Ohio
County: Holmes, Ohio
Date of Accident: February 6, 2014
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1997 Chevrolet

A 1997 Chevy pickup was involved in an early morning accident in Ripley, Holmes, Ohio, which caused injuries to its 18-year-old driver on February 6, 2014 at approximately 7:05 am. Police reported that the youth was driving the pickup south on County Route 318, when it allegedly went off the right side of the roadway. It landed into a snow-filled ditch and overturned. Western Holmes EMS transported him to Wooster Hospital and he was charged with operating his vehicle without reasonable control. Finney’s towed the pickup.

Crashes that were caused by drivers traveling at unsafe speed in 2012 were 4,031 that caused injuries. In 2012, Ripley, Holmes, Ohio whose population was 2,194 suffered 13 injury crashes, which resulted in 17 injuries. Accidents in which vehicles struck ditches amounted to 2,164, which caused injuries in 2011. Accidents, which occurred when it was dawn, were 1,243, which resulted in injuries. There were 1,658 injury crashes that occurred on icy roads in 2011. Those crashes that involved pickups were 14,518 that caused injuries.

If you’ve been injured in Ripley, Millersburg, or Berlin, Ohio, areas, please call the Holmes County, Ohio, car accident lawyers at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.