City: Whetstone, Ohio
County: Crawford, Ohio
Date of Accident: February 3, 2014
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 1998 Ford F150 / 2004 Pontiac Grand Am
An elderly man, Ernest G. McClintock, sustained injuries, along with a 56 year old woman who was an occupant of his pickup, following a crash that occurred in Whetstone, Crawford, Ohio, on February 3, 2014 at approximately 11:07 am. Reports from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office are that a 30 year old man was driving a 1998 Ford F150 pickup, west on State Route 19 and approached County Route 35. The driver of a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am midsize car, 85 year old McClintock, was headed west but stopped at an intersection to turn left onto Beal Avenue and was rear-ended by the pickup. An occupant of the Pontiac, Robin A. Myers was also injured. Both were transported by Lifestar EMS to Bucyrus Community Hospital. The driver of the pickup was charged, after which it was towed by Ronk’s and Bloomfield’s towed the car.
Accidents, which involved pickup trucks in 2010, were 14,862, which caused injuries. In Whetstone, Crawford, Ohio, in 2012, the population was 2,365; there were 19 injury crashes that resulted in 27 injuries. Accidents that were rear end crashes in 2011 were 22,056 of 81,986 in Ohio. In the category of probable causes of crashes by contributing circumstances, there were 18,889 injury crashes that were caused because of drivers who failed to keep an assured clear distance ahead/ACDA. Mid-size, vehicles that were involved in accidents in 2011 were 41,253 of 158,786, which caused injuries.
If you’ve been injured in a Whetstone, Polk or Liberty, Ohio, area accident; please call the Crawford County, Ohio, car accident lawyers at Chester Law, at 800-218-4243.