Walker Mill Road in Boardman remains closed

BOARDMAN — Walker Mill Road remained closed this morning after a tree fell across the roadway during Sunday evening’s high winds.

Larry Wilson, township road superintendent, said his crews were called out about 7:30 p.m. Sunday and continued working until about 2:30 a.m. Monday.

“We’re back out this morning picking up what we cleared off the roadways [Sunday] night,” he said.

The Overhill Road area and Erie Street were hit pretty hard with downed trees, Wilson said, although they had been cleared from roadways to make them passable.

Fire Chief James Dorman said he knew of no instances where trees fell on houses during the storm.

“The trees were mostly picking on the power lines,” he said.

The main station on U.S. Route 224 relied on power from a diesel generator through Sunday night when the power went out. The power returned about 7 a.m. Monday.

A downed tree also closed Shields Road near Park Harbour Drive.

In Poland Village, College Lane was closed because of a downed power line and a utility pole behind the main fire station snapped, taking several lines down with it while a branch across a power line on Miller Road at Struthers Road, Poland Township, closed Miller.