Thursday, January 10, 2013
Information provided by Bath Township Police.
A Kent woman is suffering from the effects of extreme cold after losing control of her car and flipping it into Yellow Creek early Thursday morning. According to Chief Michael McNeely, the 42-year-old was heading to her Bath Township job when she lost control on her car on ice, hit the guardrail on the north side of Yellowcreek Road, bounced to the north side, went up an embankment of snow and flipped off the bridge. Her car landed upside down in the creek, McNeely said. "We suspect the woman was trapped in her car for about 40 minutes," McNeely said. "She was able to crawl out a window and started to crawl up an embankment when someone saw her." The passer-by helped the woman get out of the creek and wrapped blankets around her. When …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department.
Workers at the Bath Post Office were startled Wednesday morning when a 78-year-old Bath woman came crashing through a side wall in her car, according to a Bath police traffic crash report. No one was seriously injured, but one postal worker was taken to the hospital after straining her back and knees from jumping after hearing the accident, said Chief Michael McNeely. According to the report, the woman was pulling into a parking space, jumped the curb, crossed the sidewalk and hit the north wall of the building. The woman told police she did not know how the crash occurred, but remembers the car surging forward as she was applying the brake, the report stated. The woman's Buick LaSabre put a large hole in the brick building and cracks …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The condition of Michael Grajzl was not available. Information provided by State Highway Patrol.
The 18-year-old Revere grad who flipped and rolled his car on Nov. 11 was more than twice the legal alcohol limit, said Highway Patrol Lt. William Weirtz. Michael Grajzl was heading south on Hametown Road in Bath Township and went off the right side of the road, over-corrected and went off the left side. He hit a concrete embankment and his car overturned, hit a tree, rock wall and a fence. Grajzl was taken the Akron General Medical Center in downtown Akron where he was in the intensive care unit for several weeks. His condition was not available today. Weirtz said alcohol and unsafe speed are all factors in the accident, which is still under investigation. Pending charges include driving under the influence.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Information provided by the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Information provided by the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Lt. William Weirtz of the Highway Patrol said unsafe speed and alcohol are factors in a rollover crash that sent 18-year-old Michael Grajzl to Akron General's Intensive Care Unit. "(Grajzl) was headed south on Hametown and went off the right side of the road, over-corrected and went off the left side," Weirtz said. "He hit a concrete embankment and his car overturned, hit a tree, rock wall and a fence." Weirtz said Akron General submitted blood work, but the results are not back yet. It is unknown if Grajzl was wearing a seat belt. Grajzl is still listed in serious condition, said an Akron General nursing supervisor. The crash happened Sunday around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Colony Hills Drive and North Hametown Road, said Bath …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department and Akron General Hospital.
UPDATE: The 18-year-old Revere High graduate involved in Sunday morning's rollover accident has been identified as Michael Grajzl, according to Bath Township dispatchers. A nursing supervisor at Akron General Hospital in downtown Akron has listed him in serious condition. Some time around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, Grajzl, of Granger Township, flipped and rolled his car at the intersection of Colony Hills Drive and North Hametown Road, said Bath Police Chief Michael McNeely. It appears the car flipped and rolled several times before landing back on the wheels, McNeely said. He was unsure how the accident occurred. The crash was handled by Ohio Highway Patrol and more information was not available Monday as Columbus offices are closed in …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department.
Some time around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, a Granger Township teen flipped and rolled his car at the intersection of Colony Hills Drive and North Hametown Road, said Bath Police Chief Michael McNeely. McNeely did not reveal the identity of the 18-year-old male, but said he is on life support at Akron General Medical Center. It appears the car flipped and rolled several times before landing back on the wheels, McNeely said. He was unsure how the accident occurred. The crash was handled by Ohio Highway Patrol and more information was not available Sunday morning. Officers got a call from a parent who thought their child was supposed to be with the teen, and after a search, no other passenger was found. McNeely described the pictures he saw of …
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