Man shot after two-car accident

YOUNGSTOWN — A 42-year-old restaurant manager was in critical condition Monday night after being shot in the neck and robbed Monday morning after a car accident at the corner of South and Hilton avenues.

Joseph Kaluza of Youngstown was traveling south on South Avenue at about 10 a.m. when a blue-gray Saturn cut him off and caused an accident, he told police.

Kaluza called 911 and then loaned his cell phone to the female driver of the Saturn, he said.

Moments later, a man appeared at the passenger door and fired a gun at Kaluza, hitting him on the right side of the head and neck, Kaluza told police.

The female then stood near Kaluza’s car, but the shooter told her to leave, so she did, Kaluza said.

The shooter then pushed Kaluza’s car a short distance into a driveway on Hilton and demanded money.

Kaluza told the man that there was money in the console of the car, which the man took. The man then ran off, he said.

A bag in the console contained $306 — money Kaluza was taking to the bank from the nearby restaurant where he works as manager, Kaluza told police.

A family member who answered the phone in the family waiting area at St. Elizabeth Health Center said Kaluza is in critical condition in the surgical intensive care unit.