Recent Ohio Auto Accident News

MEDINA MAN DIES IN STATE ROUTE 18 COLLISION

Posted: 21 January, 2025

According to the Ohio State Patrol, Robert Bilbrey, 69, was killed in a motor vehicle collision on January 18th, in Lorain County.  Mr. Bilbrey was driving west on State Route 18 when a vehicle being operated by Jules Toussaint, 25, of Royal Oak, Michigan traveled over the center line, and struck the Bilbrey vehicle head on.  The Patrol cited Toussaint for left of center.

Bilbrey was transported to University Hospital in Elyria, where he was pronounced dead.  Toussaint sustained possible minor injury and was seen by South Lorain County EMS.  He was not transported to a hospital.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, there were 1,862,225 motor vehicle crashes in Ohio in 2023 resulting in 1,242 fatalities.  More than half of those fatalies involved impaired driving. Speed was the second leading cause of fatal crashes, which contributed to 29% of all fatalities.

Franklin County suffered the most fatalities, with Cuyahoga County and Montgomery having the second and third most fatalities.

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