Rainy morning commute brings several crashes on Valley highways

YOUNGSTOWN - Tuesday morning’s rainy commute brought several traffic accidents in the Valley, all within a half hour.
The reports of crashes came in Trumbull and Mahoning County starting just before 7 a.m. involving a bicycle and a Warren Township Police cruiser at West Market Street and South Leavitt Road. The bicyclist’s injuries were not serious according to State Troopers.
Shortly after a single-vehicle accident was reported on northbound Route 11 near Tibbetts Wick Road in Vienna.
At about the same time, first responders were dispatched to a crash along the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 near Salt Springs Road in Weathersfield. One person was taken to a hospital.
Also, a two-car crash with injuries was being investigated on the Ohio Turnpike, westbound near the service plaza not far from the state line.