AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 A.M. ON MONDAY, APRIL 16TH, I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON STATE ROUTE 605 TO WORK (CENTER VILLAGE/NEW ALBANY OHIO AREA). GOING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD, AND AT 50 MPH, I FELT THE STEERING WHEEL BECOME A LITTLE SPONGY AS I WAS DRIVING WHEN I WAS MAKING A SMALL CORRECTION IN THE STEERING WHEEL TO ENSURE I WAS PROPERLY IN MY LANE. WHEN I MOVED THE STEERING WHEEL TO RIGHT A FRACTION, THE CAR DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT AS IT SHOULD. HOWEVER, UPON MAKING A CORRECTION TO THE LEFT THE CAR'S STEERING WHEEL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. BECAUSE OF THIS THE CAR VEERED RIGHT STRIKING A MAILBOX AND CRASHING INTO SOME TREES. THE CAR IS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS LOOKING AT IT TODAY. I HAD THE ELECTRICAL STEERING BOX REPLACED LAST YEAR. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF AS IT SHOULD BUT THE CAR ENDED UP ON ITS SIDE. *JS