65-YEAR-OLD STEVEN SIMMONS OF BROOKVILLE ESACPED INJURY AFTER LOSING CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE IN OLIVER TOWNSHIP. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT AROUND 4:30PM ON JUNE 18TH ON EAST BRANCH ROAD, SOUTH OF JOSEPHINE LANE. SIMMONS’S 2006 JEEP LIBERTY SUFFERED A SUDDEN MECHANICAL FAILURE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, CAUSING A WHEEL TO COMPLETELY DETATCH. HIS VEHICLE PULLED RIGHT, LEFT THE ROADWAY AND TRAVELED DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT BEFORE HITTING A TREE. SIMMONS WASN’T INJURED. HIS VEHICLE DID SUFFER DISABLING DAMAGE.
