Struthers man dies in one-vehicle crash

Struthers man dies in one-vehicle crash

YOUNGSTOWN — A 26-year-old Struthers man died when he crashed his vehicle into a vacant brick commercial building.

Police said James Evanson of Ridgeway Street crashed his 2003 Ford Expedition SUV into the building at 690 Wilson Ave. on the city’s East Side about 1:20 a.m. Sunday.

The accident is under investigation, but police said there weren’t any skid marks on the street indicating Evanson likely didn’t slow down before his vehicle hit the building.

The impact of the crash knocked bricks off of the building, police said.

There were three other people in the vehicle with Evanson at the time of the crash, police said.

One received serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries while the two others were treated for minor injuries at St. Elizabeth Health Center and released, police said, declining to release their names.