Mark Branham
MARK BRANHAM
Fayette County emergency crews were busy Saturday night and into the wee hours of Sunday morning as two serious accidents occurred in the southern part of the county within just a few miles of each other.
At 11:51 pm the Fayette County 911 center received a call of a roll-over crash on State Route 753 south just before Flakes Ford Rd. Crews from Fayette County EMS, Wayne Township Fire, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Rescue, and deputies from the Fayette County Sheriff’s office responded.
According to officials on scene, a white, 1989 Honda Civic, registered in Ross county, was traveling south on State Route 753 and failed to negotiate a right hand curve just before Flakes Ford Rd. The vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway into a deep ditch. It continued, entering and exiting the corner of a cornfield and ending up several yards out into an adjoining soybean field on it’s top.
There were two occupants in the vehicle at the time of the crash. The passenger was ejected from the crash into the soybean field and it was thought that the driver was entrapped in the vehicle. However, according to rescuers, she was able to exit the vehicle under her own power.
Care Flight of Miami Valley in Dayton was originally called to the scene but was diverted to Fayette County Memorial Hospital when it was determined by on scene personnel that there was not a safe landing area near the crash site. Both patients were transported to FCMH by ambulance from the scene.
The Civic was heavily damaged in the crash.
With the investigation still ongoing and crews on scene waiting on the towing service for the vehicle, a second call came in to the Fayette County 911 center.
At forty minutes after midnight the alarm was sounded once again for a serious accident involving a motorcycle in the 6000 block of State Route 41 south of Washington Court House.
MARK BRANHAM
Crews responding immediately from the scene on 753 were Wayne Township Fire, , Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies, and the Sheriff’s rescue unit. Fayette County EMS responded from the hospital.
On scene at the second accident, authorities said that a motorcycle was traveling south on State Route 41 at a high rate of speed when the rider failed to negotiate a curve near 6816 State Route 41. It was reported that the motorcycle struck a guardrail and began sliding and flipping over, crossing the center line, and coming to rest more than 100 feet down the roadway into a ditch on the east side of the road.
Rescue personnel say the lone rider was thrown off the bike as it careened across the road and was found several yards away from the motorcycle in the ditch line.
The impact was so severe that the rider’s shoes and socks were found laying on the roadway not far from where the crash began.
According to rescuers, the man thrown from the motorcycle suffered serious injuries.
Care Flight was again called to the scene. However, once again, according to fire personnel on scene, a safe landing zone could not be established due to darkness and the fields being full of mature crops. Fayette County EMS transported the patient on to Greenfield where the medical helicopter landed safely on the helipad at the fire station.
It was determined at the scene that the rider, Kevin Jones, of Xenia, was not wearing a helmet.
Both accidents are now under investigation by the Fayette County Sheriff’s office. An official report has not been released and no names have been released. Officials on the scene of both accidents stated that they suspect alcohol and speed to be a factor in both accidents.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s office encourages everyone to buckle up, wear proper safety gear, and to drive responsibly.