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UPDATE: Ethan Stephens Injured in Dump Truck Accident on Highway 598 in Crawford County, Ohio


CRAWFORD COUNTY, OH — One person was killed in a head-on collision with a dump truck in Crawford County, Ohio on Monday, September 29th, 2014. The news said the accident happened around 11:15 Monday morning.

One person died when the Chevy Impala they were driving was struck head-on by a dump truck while driving on Highway 598 near Kile Road. The accident happened when a dump truck veered off the road and over the median where it struck the victim’s car. The truck continued off the road and stopped in a nearby yard.

Stephens was rushed to nearby hospital where he was being treated for serious injuries. The driver of the dump truck was identified as Johnny Seitz, who was also injured in the accident.

Ohio State Police are helping local authorities with the accident investigation.

Scene of the Accident

Commentary:

Any time a truck drivers into the lanes of oncoming traffic, it is always a messy ordeal, but the truck driver probably didn’t steer his truck into oncoming cars with the intent of causing an accident. It was probably due to carelessness, and I’m really wondering if carelessness is a trait any driver should have, let alone the driver of an 80,000 pound truck. This kind of behavior should never be rewarded, and make no mistake, by allowing trucking companies to go unpunished and to continue business as usual after an accident like this is nothing short of rewarding an industry for carelessness.

–Grossman Law Offices

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