City: Worthington, Ohio
County: Richland County, Ohio
Date of Accident: December 24, 2011
Type of Accident: One-Vehicle Accident/Truck Accident

A 21 year old man lost his life on December 24, 2011, at approximately 2:25 am in a crash that occurred in Worthington Ohio. Police reports state that a 1998 Ford F150 pickup was headed east on State Route 97 at an unsafe speed and allegedly failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected then traveled back on the roadway after which it went back off the left side and struck a traffic sign and a utility pole. The 21 year old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

In Worthington in 2010, the population was 2,791; of a total of 69 crashes, there were no fatalities last year.  In Ohio in 2010 accidents which occurred on the roadside amounted to 27,047, of which 238 resulted in fatalities. There were 143 fatal crashes which were as a result of drivers traveling at unsafe speeds in Ohio in 2010. Accidents which involved pickup trucks in 2010 were 184 which caused fatalities. In Ohio, accidents which occurred and were not a collision of two vehicles in transport amounted to 23,253 for injuries and 518 which resulted in fatalities. There were 391 drivers who were involved in accidents that resulted in fatalities and who were extricated by mechanical means in 2010 in Ohio. Accidents which occurred when the road was dark not lighted amounted to 279 which resulted in fatalities, while those which ended in fatalities and involved trees were 105 for most harmful event.


If you've been seriously injured or have lost a loved one in Mifflin, Butler, Mansfield, Madison or Weller please call the Richland County Ohio car, truck, motorcycle and pedestrian accident and wrongful death attorneys / 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.