Lawsuit filed in South Side traffic death

YOUNGSTOWN — A widow has sued an East Auburndale Avenue man she said was the second of two motorists to strike her husband, who died of injuries he suffered while attempting to cross South Avenue near Ravenwood Avenue on March 17, 2009.

Melissa Larsen, of Gladstone Street, Campbell, widow of Paul Larsen, sued Keith E. Abron, for more than $25,000 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

The suit says Abron negligently failed to maintain a proper lookout for her husband as he lay injured in the roadway and dragged him about 150 feet.

The first motorist to hit Larsen fled the scene of the 9 p.m. accident, police said. Abron could not be reached for comment. The lawsuit, which demands a jury trial, is assigned to Judge Lou A. D’Apolito.