CLARION COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) — According to Clarion-based State Police, a construction worker was ejected from a trailer located in a work zone on Interstate 80 westbound at the 60.9 mile marker, on the Clarion River Bridge, in Paint Township, Clarion County.
Police say this crash occurred as 83-year-old Mary J. Britton, of Falls Creek, was traveling west on I-80 at the Clarion River Bridge and failed to obey the traffic control devices channeling traffic into the left lane; subsequently, she ran over delineators and entered a lane closed for bridge construction.
Her 1999 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer struck the temporary construction barrier continuing west, and then struck a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis in the rear which was parked on the bridge, subsequently injuring an occupant within the parked vehicle — 24-year-old Ezekiel L. Painter, of Okeechobee, Florida.
The Mercury, in turn, was pushed into a 1997 Chevrolet Malibu which was also parked on the bridge.
In turn, the Chevrolet Malibu was pushed into a construction trailer causing a construction worker in the trailer — 23-year-old Kenneth A. Gales, of Hubbard, Ohio — to be ejected.
Gales suffered minor injuries.
Painter was using a seat belt and suffered moderate injuries.
He was transported by ambulance to the Clarion Hospital.
Britton and a passenger, 81-year-old Sarah Jones, also of Falls Creek, suffered moderate injuries.
They were transported by ambulance to Clarion Hospital.
Both were using seat belts.
Britton was charged with a traffic violation.
Clarion Volunteer Fire Department assisted at the scene.