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HIGHWAY PATROL

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-- A tow truck operator pulling three trailers wrecked while driving on U.S. Route 30, Hanover Township, at 3:18 p.m. Wednesday. Andrew Hamilton, 31 of Ashland, was rounding a bend when two of the trailers went off the right side of the road, disconnected and overturned. This damaged a 400-foot section of Roy StaceyÌs yard, and 170 gallons of diesel fuel also spilled into the yard, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency was contacted. Hamilton was cited for failure to control.

-- Kenneth E. Gumbel, 81, of Rogers, was cited for failure to yield the right of way after he pulled in front of an oncoming vehicle driven by Lucas D. Eyster, 17, of Negley, resulting in a minor accident at the intersection of state Route 7 and Church Street at 3:15 p.m. Monday.

-- Marc S. Barilla, 44, of Steubenville, was cited for assured cleared distance after he drove into the rear of a stopped vehicle operated by Stefanie N. Grimaldi, 33, of Youngstown, on Hibbetts Mill Road in Madison Township at 3:32 p.m. Friday.

-- Coty J. Chestnut, 32, of East Rochester, was cited for failure to control after he went off the left side of road, through a fence and into a pasture while driving on state Route 9 in Butler Township at 5 a.m. Sunday.

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