Mahoning coroner rules in death of elderly man in East Side traffic accident

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of a 97-year-old man accidental, after the car he was driving left Jacobs Road and hit a tower supporting overhead power lines on Monday afternoon.

The coroner determined that Allen Robinson, of Kenneth Street, died of multiple blunt force injuries to his chest and said there was no evidence that a cardiovascular event contributed to the crash.

Robinson’s wife and passenger, Mary, 94, remains in critical condition in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.

The car, which was northbound on Jacobs Road about 1:30 p.m., left the right side of the road just before reaching the bridge spanning McKelvey Lake, but did not enter the lake, the coroner said.

The power lines were not affected.