Motorcycle Strikes Ditch, Overturns in Putnam, Ohio, Injures Woman

City: Union, Ohio
County: Putnam, Ohio
Date of Accident: August 11, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2006 Honda Shamrock

A motorcycle crashed and resulted in injuries for its 49-year-old female driver on August 11, 2013, at approximately 5:46 pm in Union, Putnam, Ohio. Reports from the police are that the woman was headed west on County Route Z on her motorcycle when she allegedly lost control and it went off the right side of the roadway. It struck a ditch and overturned. Kalida EMS transported her to St. Rita’s after which she was charged with operating her vehicle without reasonable control. Steve’s towed the motorcycle.

In Ohio in 2010, accidents, which occurred on the shoulder, amounted to 9,141, of which 2,371 resulted in injuries. In 2011, Union, Putnam, Ohio, whose population was 2,557 suffered 8 injury crashes which resulted in 14 injuries. Accidents that occurred and resulted in injuries when it was cloudy amounted to 19,791. Crashes that were caused by drivers traveling at unsafe speed last year were 4, 778 that caused injuries. Motorcycle accidents were 3,430 which resulted in injuries.

If you’ve been injured in a Union, Ottawa or Pleasant, Ohio, area accident, please call the Putnam County, Ohio, accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.