Salem man critically injured in hit-skip crash in Portage County


November 13, 2011 at 3:48p.m.

Salem man critically injured in hit-skip crash in Portage County

Staff report

RAVENNA

A 20-year-old Salem man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle hit-skip crash this morning on state Route 14 south of state Route 5.

Clayton Hull was taken to Robinson Memorial Hospital and then flown by helicopter in critical condition to Akron City Hospital following the 12:31 a.m. crash.

Hull was driving southeast in a 1998 Chevrolet Blazer, when a 2005 Chevrolet Venture Van, which was headed northwest, went off the right side of the road and struck several mailboxes.

The van re-entered the roadway and went left of center, striking the Blazer in the left rear and causing it to roll once and land back on its wheels, ejecting Hull, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The van driver fled on foot, the patrol said.