Three Men Injured in Morrow, OH, Crash as Car Explodes

City: Harmony, Ohio
County: Morrow, Ohio
Date of Accident: February 11, 2014
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2004 Hyundai Accent

Interstate 71 in Harmony, Morrow, Ohio, was the scene of a crash that resulted in injuries for three men on February 11, 2014 at approximately 7:47 am. Reports from the OSHP are that a 28 year old man was driving a 2004 Hyundai Accent midsize car, north on Interstate 71, when it was allegedly driven off the left side of the roadway. It struck a guardrail end and caught fire. The man was treated at the scene and charged with operating his vehicle without reasonable control, while two other occupants, 22 year old David Jay Fowler and 32 year old Darryl E. Dixon Jr., were transported by Morrow County EMS to Morrow County Hospital. Mr. Taillight towed the car.

Those accidents, which were because of improper lane changes, were 3,823, which caused injuries. Harmony, Morrow, Ohio, had a population of 2,040 with 12 injury crashes, which resulted in 15 injuries. In Ohio in 2010 accidents that occurred on the roadside amounted to 27,047, of which 8,918 resulted in injuries. Accidents in which the vehicle caught fire/exploded were a total of 27 which caused injuries. Accidents that involved guardrail ends were 343, while those accidents that involved guardrail faces were 1,207 which resulted in injuries, in the category of first harmful event in unit of error.

If you’ve been injured in a Canaan, Harmony or Gilead, Ohio, area accident, please call the Morrow County, Ohio, car accident lawyers at Chester Law at 800-218-4243.