City: Jasper, Ohio
County: Fayette, Ohio
Date of Accident: February 15, 2014
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2013 International Truck / 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
A morning crash, which saw a car striking the median and causing injuries to a 20-year-old woman, occurred in Jasper, Fayette, Ohio, on February 15, 2014 at approximately 9:15 am. Reports from the police are that a 2013 International Truck and a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse midsize car were headed south on Interstate Route 71. The driver of the truck, allegedly began to lose control on the icy roadway and 20 year old Taylor N. Fling of Columbus, Ohio. Her car was struck by the truck, that was being driven by a 50 year old man of Chester, SC, in the right front. She drove her vehicle off the left side of the roadway and into the median. She was treated at the scene and Rusty’s towed the truck, while Moore’s towed the car. The driver of the truck was charged.
Those, which were rear end crashes, were 22,090 of a total of 81,145, which resulted in injuries. In the category of road condition by crash severity, there were 241 persons who were injured when there was slush on the road in 2011. In 2012, Jasper, Fayette, Ohio, whose population was 857, suffered 5 injury crashes which resulted in 6 injuries. In the category of probable causes of crashes by contributing circumstances, there were 19,191 injury crashes that were caused because of drivers who failed to keep an assured clear distance ahead/ACDA. Those accidents which involved tractor/semi trailers amounted to 1,875 which resulted in injuries.
Truck accident victims in Prairie, Jasper or Bexley, Ohio, area, please call the Fayette County, Ohio, truck accident lawyers at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.