Thursday, 03 May 2012 05:40

SUV Crashes Into Parked Semi-Truck

Written by  Amani Abraham
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Six people were injured after an SUV crashed into a semi-tractor trailer in Portage County Wednesday.

Troopers with the Ravenna Post of the State Highway Patrol reports the SUV struck a parked semi-truck after the driver failed to slow down when driving through a rest area off I-76 west.

Ayesha Johnson, 29, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, a pregnant passenger in the SUV, was airlifted to Robinson Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver, Nuhu Abdulai, 32, also of Fort Wayne, and three of the four children in the vehicle were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

The truck driver, Larry Gribbins, 52, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, suffered minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

Last modified on Thursday, 03 May 2012 05:47
Amani Abraham

Amani Abraham

Amani Abraham is the morning web editor and also tracks morning drive traffic for 1590 WAKR, 97.5 WONE and 94.9 WQMX during weekday mornings and is a reporter/anchor. She's no stranger to AkronNewsNow.com, having worked as an intern with Rubber City Radio Group as a producer for the Daily Vodcast and other video projects.. Amani is a 2011 graduate with a Communications degree from the University of Akron, where she excelled in her work on the student radio station WZIP-FM and Z-TV, the University's television program. You can reach Amani through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or by email aabraham@rcrg.net

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