Wheel on Pickup Broke Injuring 48 Y-O Man in Marion, Ohio

City: Claridon, Ohio
County: Marion, Ohio
Date of Accident: September 2, 2013
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2001 Dodge Ram

A 48-year-old man, Benny A. Corbetta of Caledonia, Ohio, sustained injuries and was treated at the scene following a crash that occurred in Claridon, Marion, Ohio, on September 2, 2013 at approximately 11:20 am. Police reports are that the man was driving a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup, west on State Route, when the left wheel allegedly broke free from the vehicle. The driver was able to guide the vehicle to the right side of the roadway and stopped without striking anything.

Equipment failure which contributed to accidents amounted to a frequency of 1 or 0.1% of all accidents. Claridon, Marion, Ohio, whose population in 2011 was 2,587, suffered 36 injury crashes, which resulted in 67 persons being injured. Accidents which involved pickup trucks in 2010 were 14,862 which caused injuries. Accidents that occurred and resulted in injuries when it was cloudy amounted to 19,791. Accidents which occurred on the roadway amounted to 59,706 which resulted in injuries, while those which were not hit/skip in 2010 were 67,178 which caused injuries.

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