METRO DIGEST || SR 11 backed up from crash tonight

Route 11 backup

CANFIELD

The driver of a vehicle southbound on state Route 11 near the Canfield/Austintown township line was injured when she fell asleep at the wheel, drifted off the right side of the highway and slammed into the rear of an unoccupied, disabled vehicle late Tuesday afternoon.

Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper David Brown said the driver, Jennifer Pyatt, 38, of Girard, was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. There were no passengers in her car.

However, the crash, which occurred at 5 p.m., left both vehicles across the southbound lane, backing up traffic for two to three miles, nearly to the Route 11/Interstate 80 split. After cleaning gasoline and debris off the road, a single lane was opened about 6:10 p.m., and both lanes were cleared for traffic about 6:30 p.m., Brown said.

The trooper said Pyatt, who was wearing a seat belt, was cited for driving with a suspended license and a lane violation. The crash remains under investigation.

Closing arguments

WARREN

Closing arguments will be today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in the trial of John A. Thompson, 40, of Hoagland-Blackstub Road in Mecca Township and Dickey Avenue Northwest in Warren.

Thompson is charged with aggravated burglary and kidnapping. He is accused of breaking into a North Park Avenue home near North River Road in Warren Township in June, and leading the female resident through the house, putting items in his gym bag as they walked.

The woman covertly called 911 and left the phone off the hook, leading Warren Township police officers to catch the burglar.

Man faces charges

WARREN

A 26-year-old North Leavitt Road man was charged with the aggravated robbery Tuesday morning of CVS Pharmacy, 620 E. Market St. Richard G. Ware will be arraigned on the charge today in Warren Municipal Court. Police were called to the pharmacy at 10:27 a.m., viewed a video of the robbery and found bike tracks leading from the pharmacy to an address in the 300 block of Chestnut Street Northeast. Officers found Ware hiding in a bedroom closet.