LOCAL
EAST BRADY — Authorities are searching for the armed man who allegedly robbed the Uni-Mart gas station on Kellys Way about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to the Clarion County District Attorney’s office, the man is described as white, in his early 20s, wearing a black hat, Steelers sweat shirt and black gym shorts.
He may be driving a small silver sedan with front passenger side damage.
Further details about the robbery were unavailable.
If anyone has information about the robbery, call the Southern Regional Police Department at 814-275-1180.
Logging truck on tracks hit by trainSLIPPERY ROCK TWP — One man was injured when his truck was hit by a train Thursday afternoon.The man, whose identity was not released, was driving his logging truck on Stamm Road about 12:45 p.m. when he pulled out onto the road’s crossing with the train tracks.Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company Chief Dave Taggart said the truck was totaled, but the man escaped with relatively minor injuries.He said the man got out of his truck by himself and was taken by ambulance to the Grove City Medical Center to be treated for broken ribs.“(He was) very lucky,” Taggart said.He said the man is in his late 40s and is from the Plain Grove Township area in Lawrence County.Taggart said that the railroad crossing is unmarked. He said train officials at the scene indicated that the accident did not affect the railroad’s operations.In addition to Slippery Rock firefighters and EMS, state police also responded to the accident.
65-year-old suffers chemical burnsCLINTON TWP — A 65-year-old man on Thursday afternoon was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital after receiving chemical burns to his face at Fleishner Excavating on Lardintown Road.The Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company and Saxonburg Ambulance responded to the 12:33 p.m. 911 call.Further information about the incident was unavailable.
