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WELLSVILLE -- With one trustee conspicuously absent, Yellow Creek Township Trustees opened Tuesday's meeting with a prayer asking for speedy recoveries for those injured in a three-car crash earlier this month.
Former trustee Albert Carr led a prayer for Trustee Glenn McKenzie, Donald Smith and Wilma Smith, all three of whom had been hospitalized after suffering serious injuries in a crash on state Route 39 on Dec. 8.
According to the highway patrol, McKenzie was traveling north on state Route 39 when he drove off the right side of the road, over-corrected back onto the road and overturned left of center into a guardrail and the Smiths' southbound vehicle. The Smith vehicle was then struck from behind by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl whose name was not released.
McKenzie and the Smiths were flown by Stat MedEvac to UPMC in Pittsburgh. The girl and her passenger were treated at the scene.
"Trustee McKenzie and a few other people were involved in an accident, and we wish them all well," Trustee Chairman Kenny Biacco said.
Meanwhile, Bill Smith Road resident Pam Smith and Boyd Road resident Vickie Carroll addressed the board about recent accidents that have taken place on Boyd Road, with speeding a major factor they said.
Providing pictures, Smith told the board at least three accidents have taken place in front of Carroll's residence, which they said is located on a sharp bend and that those involved have taken the shortcut over the hill to Bill Smith Road.
The most recent accident, according to Smith, happened Monday when a construction company sideswiped a Jeep that was owned by the son of another business owner. That accident took place in an area Smith says keeps happening resulting in Carroll having to make adjustments on her property to prevent any other problems.
"They're always hitting there," Smith said. "One time, they missed her house by inches, followed the treeline down Bill Smith Road and kept on going."
"We put that mound up in front of our house," Carroll said. "The first one last week went up the mound, up the big stones, and he threw those big stones in my driveway, and then the second one he went through the driveway and then over the hill and threw the fence. Then the third one was the one where they hit each other."
Smith said one neighbor said that a Jeep had been traveling with estimated speeds of 60 miles per hour. Carroll asked trustees to see if they could be able to cut down a pine tree so that drivers could see who is coming up around the bend.
"The one kid who went through the fence knew the road was like that," Carroll said. "He was just in a hurry. I think he was on his phone to tell you the truth."
Re-emphasizing that speed is the factor, Carroll also asked the board if a sharp bend sign that is located further down the street could be relocated closer to her home as another way to give drivers a warning about the road, in which Trustee Mark Allison didn't see an issue taking that approach.
Biacco advised Smith and Carroll to contact the trustees if anything further happens.