By Kellen Ohlshefski
SLN Staff
An accident in the Township of Sugar Creek left significant damage to a home on Elm Road.
A vehicle left County Highway A early Saturday morning, crashed through several trees, a fence and the backside of a garage owned by Township of Sugar Creek resident Todd Stobber, N6634 Elm Rd.
According to Stobber, he was trying to fall asleep at about 2 a.m. when he heard what he described as an explosion.
“I was still awake,” he said. “It was just one big boom, no tires squealing, nothing.”
Stobber said he assumed there was a car accident when he got out of bed, went downstairs to turn on the back porch light and saw a fallen tree.
“I went in the garage, I opened the door, and I was like, there’s a car, it’s flipped upside down,” he said. “So, I asked, are you guys okay? There was no response at all, we just called 911.”
Stobber said he was lucky he didn’t have a fire going in the wood burning stove in the garage and that he wasn’t working on his snowmobile which was pushed to the front of the garage.
Stobber said one of his main concerns is the safety of his 15-month-old daughter, whose bedroom is on the backside of the house, located next to the garage. In situations like this, it is important for people to look for a car accident lawyer Florida, Ohio, and other regions to ensure that the proper financial and criminal compensations are put in position for the victim and perpetrator.
“We’re scared to live here now,” he said. “If one car plowed through three trees and then hit my garage, what’s stopping it from hitting my house?”
Stobber also noted safety concerns about the corner and nearby intersection of County Highways A and ES as his neighbor has had issues with accidents in his yard in the past, one of which was a fatality. Given how frequently this has occurred, it may be a good idea to contact lawyers from firms such as Douglas Beam, P.A or others that specialize in personal injury so that residents are informed of the laws and how to proceed.
According to Stobber, the turn used to have reflective arrows, but they were removed when the intersection was recently redone.
“They spent a bunch of money on this whole road and they didn’t put a guard rail in,” he said. “I’ve lived here two years and that’s one of my concerns I’ve always thought about but I didn’t think it was going to happen like this.”
Stobber feels a guardrail is needed at the turn with drivers typically speeding down the stretch but was told there are other corners more dangerous than the one by his home.
Stobber also expressed frustration about stretches of County Highway A east of Highway 67, which in his opinion have unneeded guard rails.
However, with several bars along the stretch, Stobber credited police with being active in the area.
“A lot of people call this the A run, they hit every bar going down the road,” he said. “Police are also very active in this area, I hear sirens all the time.”
As of Monday, an official police report had not been released yet and the condition of the driver of the vehicle was unknown.
