Coroner’s office rules death a suicide

Coroner’s office rules death a suicide

WARREN

The Trumbull County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of a motorist during a traffic stop on state Route 11 suicide by gunshot wound.

Eugene Mettille, 80, of Boardman, was found unresponsive in his car when a trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol approached him during a traffic stop near the Tibbetts-Wick Road exit in Liberty at 11:46 p.m. Friday.

A state trooper observed there was a gun in the passenger area. Emergency medical personnel were summoned to the scene while the trooper performed first aid. Ambulance personnel pronounced Mettille dead at the scene, the patrol said.

Mettille was the registered owner of the vehicle, a 2016 Honda Accord, the patrol said.

Patrol identifies driver in crash

WARREN

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has identified the driver in an early-morning crash.

Charles Kover Jr., 47, of Warren remained in serious condition late Monday in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was flown after a 2:50 a.m., single-vehicle accident on Austintown-Warren Road near the ArcelorMittal coke plant and the former RG Steel plant in Warren Township.

Kover was northbound on Austintown-Warren in a pickup truck when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, striking a guardrail. The vehicle spun around, and Kover, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected.

Kover initially was taken to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Pittsburgh, according to the patrol’s Southington Post.

Alcohol appears to be a factor in the crash, said the patrol, which continues to investigate.

Two women shot

YOUNGSTOWN

Two women were shot in the 600 block of Cohasset Drive on the city’s South Side on Monday evening.

Police received the call of a shooting about 7:30 p.m.

The women were taken away in ambulances as police searched the area for shell casings.

One woman was said to have been shot in the arm. On Monday night, police were unsure of the condition of the two victims, and their report was not available.

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