Multiple fractures caused plant death

Multiple fractures caused plant death

YOUNGSTOWN

Dr. Joseph S. Ohr, Mahoning County deputy coroner, has determined that a man who died Tuesday after being injured at a Niles aluminum extrusions company succumbed as a result of head, neck and chest fractures.

A news release from the coroner’s office says an autopsy of Daniel Banks, 49, found no evidence the accident was a result of Banks’ suffering from an acute medical problem.

“There is no evidence of drugs or alcohol in the body or at the scene,” it says.

Toxicology results are pending, and the incident remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Banks was injured while operating a machine press at BRT Extrusions, where he had worked since 2009.

Streets closed

YOUNGSTOWN

Champion Street between Federal and Commerce streets downtown will be closed from 4 a.m. today to 7 a.m. Saturday for the opening events of the 2014 Community Cup.

Shoe drop-offs

BOARDMAN

Payless Shoes and Once Upon a Child have been added as drop-off locations for a shoe-drive fundraiser for the Salem High School class of 2016.

The students are collecting shoes for Funds2Orgs that sends the gently used shoes to developing countries. The class is using the drive as a way to raise $6,000 for their junior and senior prom, after-prom activities and their class gift to the school.

The shoe drive continues through Nov. 15.

Benefit bike run

LORDSTOWN

United Auto Workers Local 1112 will host a Care and Share Rollin’ the Dice Bike Run on Saturday at its union hall, 11471 Reuther Drive SW.

Registration will be at 9 a.m.; the first bike will roll out at 11 a.m. All proceeds from the bike run will benefit the union’s Care and Share food giveaway in December.

Used syringes stolen

YOUNGSTOWN

A flat-screen television, two video-game systems and several used syringes were taken from a home in the 3000 block of Gerwig Avenue sometime Wednesday afternoon.

The homeowner, a 30-year-old woman, told police she was gone from 1 p.m. to about 3:45 p.m., and when she came home she found a side door kicked in. Reports said the woman is a diabetic and used the syringes to inject herself with insulin.

Miracle Day Blizzards

Dairy Queen in Austintown, 146 N. Canfield-Niles Road, and Cornersburg, 3555 S. Meridian Road, will participate in Miracle Treat Day on Thursday to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley.

Proceeds from the sale of DQ Blizzards ($1 or more per Blizzard) will be donated to the hospital.

The Austintown and Cornersburg DQ locations are the top contributing DQ stores in the tri-county area, giving a combined $6,700 in 2013.