Monday, January 12, 2015

FORD RANGER TRUCK CRASHES INTO UTILITY POLE. DRIVER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO CONTROL.



FORD RANGER TRUCK CRASHES INTO UTILITY POLE.  DRIVER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO CONTROL.






JACKSON— Two people were involved in a single vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon on State Route 788.


At approximately 2:31 p.m. on Thursday, January 8, emergency responders were dispatched to a one-vehicle crash on State Route 788, near the mile marker three.


According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol report, a 1990 Ford Ranger pickup truck being driven by 35-year-old Donald Britz, of Jackson ended up crashing into a utility pole following a series of events.


Britz told the Ohio State Highway Patrol that as he was coming around the curve on State Route 788, near the mile marker three, when another vehicle was left of center causing him to go off the right side of the roadway. He then traveled back into the roadway, and then went back off the right side of the roadway and struck a utility pole.


According to the Patrol, a 36-year-old Beth Vest, of Jackson was a passenger in the vehicle. Vest was taken into the Jackson County EMS, but she refused treatment by the Jackson County EMS emergency personnel.


Responding to the scene were units from Ohio State Highway Patrol, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Jackson County EMS and Jackson Fire Department.

Britz was cited for failure to control.