From a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release
A Laurel woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident when she swerved to miss a deer, hit a tree and the tree fell on top of her vehicle and the highway.
According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department press release, Heather N. Hentz, 35, was transported to University Hospital in Cincinnati by Brookville EMS-2 for non-life-threatening injuries.
The accident occurred Sunday, February 14, at 12:24 a.m., just east of Yellow Bank Road’s intersection with U.S. 52.
Hentz was westbound on U.S. 52 in a 2005 Nissan Murano when she swerved to avoid a deer on the road. This caused her to lose control of her vehicle, going off the south side of the road, through a ditch and striking a tree. The tree broke off and fell across the hood of Hentz’s vehicle and onto U.S. 52.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputies investigated the accident. They were assisted at the scene by Brookville and Metamora volunteer fire departments, Responder 24 and Brookville EMS-2.
