Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Route 5 crash kills driver

LAKE CITY -- A 77-year-old Lake City man was killed Monday in a two-car accident on Route 5 near the intersection of Nursery Road in Girard Township, state police said.

Otto S. "Luke" Warner was pronounced dead at Hamot Medical Center at 10:53 a.m. He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

State police at Girard said the accident happened at 9:49 a.m. as Warner's 1995 Buick Century was at a stop sign on Culbertson Drive.

Police said Julie E. Brown, 32, of Lake City, was westbound on Route 5 in a 1995 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight when she swerved to avoid a westbound car that had stopped to turn left onto Nursery Road. Police said Brown lost control of her car and hit Warner's car on the driver's side.

Brown's car struck a tree after hitting Warner's car, police said, adding that Brown was not wearing a seat belt.A Lake City Volunteer Fire Department ambulance drove Brown to Hamot Medical Center, where she was listed in fair condition Monday night.

-GoErie.com, Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

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