Two escape serious injury in Friday afternoon accident - update

Two Mt. Gilead High School stu­dents escaped seri­ous injury in a Fri­day after­noon acci­dent in Gilead Twp.

The Mt. Gilead Post of the High­way Patrol reports the 17-yr-old dri­ver was south­bound on County Road 114 south of County Road 115 when he failed to nego­ti­ate a curve and his pickup truck over­turned, com­ing to rest on its top in the mid­dle of the road. The dri­ver and his 16-yr-old pas­sen­ger were wear­ing seat­belts at the time and were out of the vehi­cle when offi­cers arrived. The dri­ver told offi­cers he was giv­ing the pas­sen­ger a ride home from school.

Med­flight trans­ported the pas­sen­ger to Grant Med­ical Cen­ter in Colum­bus as a pre­cau­tion, and the dri­ver was trans­ported by Mor­row County EMS to the Mor­row County Hos­pi­tal, then released.

Mor­row County EMS, Mt. Gilead Fire Depart­ment, the Mor­row County Sheriff’s Office and Post 59 of the Ohio State High­way Patrol responded to the scene.

Posted by Randa Wagner on Nov 9 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.