Crime & Safety

Stow Woman Killed in Car Crash in Portage County

Stow woman's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser hit by semi-truck on Interstate 76 Saturday.

Rootstown Township — Jeanne Gary of Stow was struck by a truck Saturday while traveling in Portage County and pronounced dead on the scene by the Portage County State Highway Patrol.

Gary, 57, drove onto a prohibited U-turn crossover on Interstate 76 and entered the right eastbound lane in the path of a truck, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.

The semi-truck was driven by Namden Singh Mann, 50 of Phoenix, AZ. He and the passenger in his truck, Jagtar Singh Dhillon, 48, of Avondale, AZ were not injured.

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The case is under investigation by the State Highway Patrol.


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