City: Crestline

County: Knox

Date of Accident: April 25, 2010

Type: Car Accident

The city of Crestline had no fatal alcohol-related crashes, and Knox County had only two fatal accidents in 2008. These are a very small portion of the 14,425 alcohol related accidents in 2008 according to the Ohio Department of Public Safety. These accidents resulted in 449 deaths and 8,650 injuries. 395 injuries occurred during 2008 in children between the ages of newborn and 15 years-old, eleven of these were fatal.

A Crestline woman faces three felony counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two misdemeanor counts of operating a vehicle under the influence. Authorities say her blood-alcohol level was 0.198, above Ohio's legal limit of 0.08. The woman was driving northwest on Waterford Road when she drove her Grand Am off the road and struck a tree, according to the Mount Gilead post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. The following day her three-year-old daughter died of injuries from the accident. Her five-year-old son remains in intensive care at Columbus Children's Hospital,

Our sincerest condolences go out to the family on the loss of their loved one.

If you have lost a loved one because of a drunk driver in Crestline, call the Knox County car accident lawyers at Chester Law Group at 1-800-218-4243 or visit our video website and order your FREE BOOK entitled "The Insider’s Guide to Handling Ohio Accident Claims" at www.chesterlaw.com.