(a) In case of accident or collision with persons or property upon the frozen surface of waters within the County, due to the operation thereon of any motor vehicle, snowmobile, ice boat or all purpose vehicle, the person operating, having knowledge of such accident or collision, shall immediately stop at the scene of the accident or collision and shall remain at the scene of such accident or collision until he has given his name and address and, if he is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of such vehicle, together with the registered number of such vehicle, to any person injured in the accident or collision or to the operator, occupant, owner or attendant of any vehicle damaged in the accident or collision, or to any law enforcement officer at the scene of such accident or collision.
(1) In the event the injured person is unable to comprehend and record the information required to be given by this section, the other operator involved in the accident or collision shall forthwith notify the nearest law enforcement authority concerning the location of the accident or collision, and his name, address and the registered number of the vehicle he was operating, and then remain at the scene of the accident or collision until a law enforcement officer arrives, unless removed from the scene by an emergency vehicle.
(2) If such accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, snowmobile, ice boat or all purpose vehicle, the operator so colliding with such vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on such unoccupied or unattended vehicle and shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after such accident or collision, forward to the appropriate law enforcement agency the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of such damaged property and give the date, time and location of the accident or collision.
(3) If such accident or collision is with any real property or personal property, other than a motor vehicle, snowmobile, ice boat or all purpose vehicle, the operator shall immediately stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact, of his name and his address, and of the registration number of the vehicle he is operating, and shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after such accident, forward to the appropriate law enforcement agency the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of such property and give the location of the accident and a description of the damage insofar as it is known.
(b) The operator of a snowmobile or all purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall report the accident within forty-eight (48) hours to the appropriate law enforcement agency and shall within thirty (30) days forward a written report of the accident to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles on a form prescribed by the Registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, such participant shall make the reports. In the event that there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner shall, within the prescribed periods of time, make the reports.
(c) Any law enforcement officer who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile or all purpose vehicle shall forward to the Ohio Registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight (48) hours.
(Ord. 88-180. Approved 4-6-88.)