Mill Creek MetroParks worker injured in West Side traffic accident
YOUNGSTOWN — City police said a 52-year-old Mill Creek MetroParks employee was seriously injured when he was struck by a vehicle as he picked up debris along McCollum Road near Monterey Avenue on the city’s West Side around 8:30 a.m. today.
The identity of the victim wasn’t released pending notification of next of kin, but police said he was in stable condition in St. Elizabeth Health Center after emergency surgery.
Police said the worker was afoot near a motor cart he had been operating when he was struck by the vehicle which came over a hill. The impact caused his head to strike the vehicle’s windshield, police said.
The driver of the vehicle, identified only as a young woman, said she didn’t see the victim, police said.