Friday, August 7, 2015

THE DEADLY ROADS: NEVER, NOWHERE SAFE: Two drivers critically injured after Grafton Township, Ohio head-on collision





Rescuers from Grafton and Eaton townships work to extricate a woman following a head-on crash on Route 83 on Friday. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE
Rescuers from Grafton and Eaton townships work to extricate a woman following a head-on crash on Route 83 on Friday. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE
Filed on August 7, 2015 by Chronicle-Telegram Staff


GRAFTON TOWNSHIP, OHIO

A woman was extricated, and she and another man were flown to area hospitals following a head-on collision on State Route 83 early Friday morning.

Rescue workers were called out to 83 just south of Law Road around 6:30 a.m. for reports of a head-on collision. Lt. Carlos Smith of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said a black Chrysler PT Cruiser was traveling south on 83. According to witnesses, the vehicle was weaving and went left of center, striking a white Jeep Cherokee that was traveling north.

The road was closed as Metro Life Flight landed. The man driving the PT Cruiser was taken immediately to an unknown hospital, and Eaton Township firefighters had to work more than an hour to extract the woman from the Jeep. Her legs were trapped under the dashboard. She was then taken by Lifeflight to an unknown hospital.

Route 83 reopened around 8:45 a.m. The crash remains under investigation.