(a) In case of accident to or collision with persons or property anywhere within the City, due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorized bicycle, the person driving or operating the motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorized bicycle shall immediately stop the motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorized bicycle at the scene of the accident or collision, and shall immediately engage in all reasonable processes to contact and summon the nearest police authority to the scene. The driver or operator shall then remain at the scene of the accident or collision until (1) a police officer arrives and (2) the driver or operator has given the driver’s or operator’s name and address and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, to the police and to any person injured in the accident or collision or to the operator, occupant, owner, or attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in the accident or collision.
(b) In the event the driver, only because of his or her injuries, is unable to comprehend and record the information required to be given by this section, any other person involved in the accident or collision shall immediately comply with all of the provisions of subsection (a) above.
(c) Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six months of suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection.
The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this section. (ORC 4549.02, 4549.021, 4549.03)