West Side man suffers fifth sewer back up in two weeks

YOUNGSTOWN — Of the dozen or so residents on Whitney Avenue that had sewage back up into their basements caused by a nearby sinkhole and sewer-line break, Edward Kalosky II’s home is among the worst.

Kalosky said sewage went into the basement of his house at 39 N. Whitney five times in the past two weeks. The most recent was Thursday.

“My basement’s been filled with tampons, poop and sewage,” he said. “I slipped on the sewage and had to have two surgeries because of the fall.”

The fall caused a Baclofen pump — which provides the muscle-relaxing drug to help control his spasmodic movements — inside him to stop working, Kalosky said.

The city has already paid to replace his hot water heater and furnace, and Kalosky said the new hot water heater, less than a week old, is damaged and will be replaced.

Because of the back up, Kalosky has had his electricity and gas turned off and went days without hot water.

For the complete story, read Saturday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com