Woman killed in crash

Woman killed in crash

BRISTOL — Emily R. Janowski, 88, of Orwell was killed in a two-car accident on state Route 45, just south of Housel Craft Road in the township Friday afternoon.

Janowski was a passenger in a car driven by Rose A. Gideon, 87, of North Bloomfield, which was going north when a car driven by Milan Jankuj, 71, of Cortland traveling south crossed the center line and collided with the other vehicle, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

The OSHP is continuing to investigate the accident, the patrol said.

Gideon suffered a severe injury and was flown by helicopter to St. Elizabeth Health Center, and Jankuj suffered a minor injury and was treated at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital, the patrol said. Janowski was pronounced dead at the scene.

St. Elizabeth Health Center had no record of Gideon on Saturday evening.

Neighbor extinguishes fire

YOUNGSTOWN — A passer-by rushed into a burning house on Boston Avenue on Friday afternoon and put out a fire that a 1-year-old boy started by spilling a gas can near a kitchen stove.

John Kimbrough of East Boston Avenue was driving past his neighbor’s house at 360 East Boston Ave. when he saw the flames, the Youngstown Fire Department reported.

Kimbrough suffered smoke inhalation while fighting the fire but refused medical treatment.

The boy’s mother, Joanna Brown, said her son had carried the gas can from the side door landing into the kitchen and spilled some gasoline near the stove, which was being used at the time. The fumes ignited the floor in front of the stove, the fire department said.

The mother and child were not injured in the 3:52 p.m. fire, which caused an estimated $300 damage, a fire department report states.

Fire officials could not be reached to determine what Kimbrough used to put out the fire.