Work van hits vehicles

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Township police are investigating after a handful of cars were hit by a hit-and-run suspect, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

Shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday police were called out for the first reports of cars being struck by a white work van with a ladder on it.

Several more calls came in to dispatch in the moments after. At least four different vehicles were struck by the suspect van in different locations, including near the Speedway, Motor Inn, and Auto Pros on Belmont Avenue, and near the Rite Aid on Route 304.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and Girard Police were called in to help. Police reportedly followed sightings of the white van to an address on Marshall Road.

According to Trumbull County dispatchers, the van driver was taken to the hospital.