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3 injured on SR 11

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP

Three people suffered non-life threatening injuries in a one-vehicle crash at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on state Route 11 in Liberty Township.

Injured were the driver, Hannah E. Lanza-Roth, 21, of Poland, and passengers, Sydney Joanne Lewis, 18, of Canfield, and Sara K. Shorokey, 21, of Youngstown. They were transported to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for treatment.

Two others passengers, Joseph A. Mika, 21, of Canfield, and Britton K. Steiginga, 22, of New Waterford, were not injured. Seat belts were in use by all occupants except Lewis and Shorokey,

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Warren Post, Lanza-Roth was traveling south on Route 11 in the left lane when she drove off the left side of the road into the grass median where her vehicle overturned several times. She was cited for failure to control.

Candle caused fire

YOUNGSTOWN

Reports said a candle on an enclosed back porch led to a fire about 5:10 a.m. Tuesday that caused $15,000 damage to a West Side home. Crews called to 377 S. Hazelwood Ave. saw a large fire on the side of the home when they arrived. Two women who were inside the home managed to get out before firefighters arrived. Three firefighters suffered electrical shocks before Ohio Edison could shut off the power, reports said. The two women are being helped by the Red Cross.

Sinkhole backfilled

YOUNGSTOWN

A sinkhole on South Schenley Avenue caused by a broken 30-inch storm-sewer line has been backfilled.

Other work to pave the road and fix the curb will be finished by Friday, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the city’s public-works department.

The sinkhole was discovered Monday afternoon, and the sewer line was repaired Tuesday afternoon.

The problem didn’t cause the road to close, Shasho said. The sinkhole was just north of McCollum Road on the city’s West Side.

Theft at business

LIBERTY

Police arrived at about 4 a.m. Sunday at Belmont Wireless, 3103 Belmont Ave., to find a ransacked cash drawer and disheveled cabinets. Various cellphones, a laptop computer and a semiautomatic 9 mm handgun were reported stolen. The glass door appeared to have been shattered by a block of concrete. Police found a cellphone, still in its box, in an alley near the business. They are reviewing surveillance footage.

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