Austintown man dies in crash

Published February 22, 2008 at 12:14 p.m.
Updated February 22, 2008 at 12:15 p.m.

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Austintown man died today after losing control of his 2003 Honda Civic and hitting the back end of an Ohio Department of Transportation salt truck on state Route 11 southbound, just north of state Route 46, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Canfield post.

The man’s identity was withheld pending notification of kin. The patrol said the crash happened at 8:47 a.m. just south of the rest area in Beaver Township when the Honda went off the right side of the road, spun and struck the ODOT salt spreader. No one else was injured.