3 injured in crash that damaged building in Mercer Township
Three people, including a child, were injured in a two-vehicle crash that sent a pickup truck into an apartment building Sunday, Jan. 11, along William Flynn Highway in Mercer Township.
The people sustained minor injuries and the building’s damage was mostly minor and cosmetic as a result of the Sunday afternoon crash, according to Steve Bickel, chief of the Harrisville Volunteer Fire Company.
Superior Ambulance Service and Education Institute evaluated the patients on scene before taking them to AHN Grove City Hospital.
The crash was reported at 4:53 p.m. Sunday at 4066 William Flynn Highway near its intersection with Shields Road, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch reports.
Bickel said one of two pickup trucks involving in the crash was coming down Shields Road when the driver could not stop on the ice. The vehicle slid onto William Flynn Highway, or Route 8, where it collided with the other truck. The impact spun one of the vehicles around and sent it into the apartment building.
Bickel said the road had to be closed for about an hour and a half. He estimated the building has two or three apartments inside and was occupied.
