Fatal traffic accident

Fatal traffic accident

NEW castle, pa.

A man died after a traffic accident in Neshannock Township.

Township police said Norman Lupo, 79, of West Washington Street, New Castle, was taken to Jameson Hospital after the accident at 8 a.m. Monday.

Police said they found his car in a ditch on Wilmington Road near Ludwig Road. They said tire marks indicate his car partly left the road, then traveled 424 feet on Wilmington. It crossed Ludwig and hit a billboard sign in the ditch.

Lupo was unresponsive and taken to the hospital. The accident is under investigation.

Cops seek man who fled

CAMPBELL

Police are looking for a man who fled during a traffic stop. Luis J. Colon, 31, of East Dewey Avenue, Youngstown, is being sought after he stopped his car and fled on foot at about 1:30 p.m. Monday.

An officer tried to stop Colon’s car on Gladstone Street because of objects hanging from his rearview mirror that obstructed his view, a police report says.

Colon’s car was still in drive when he left it and began to run, falling in front of the police cruiser, the report says. He was ordered to lie on the ground but got up and fled into a park, rolling down a hill and hitting his head on a glass bottle.

He got up and continued to run. The officer chased him but lost sight of him.