Driver charged with OVI in early Thursday crash with motorcycle
YOUNGSTOWN — Megan E. Price, 39, will be arraigned at 9 a.m. Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court on OVI-refusal, a first degree misdemeanor after she was involved in a crash with a motorcycle at South and Florida Avenues on the South Side early Thursday.
Youngstown police officers were stationary in a cruiser at 1:17 a.m. Thursday when they saw a black Ford Edge fail to yield the right of way while making an eastbound turn onto East Florida Avenue, striking a black Harley-Davidson traveling north on South Avenue, according to a Youngstown police report.
The driver of the motorcycle, Anthony King, was thrown from the motorcycle, causing serious physical injuries, the report states. An officer immediately gave aid to the motorcyclist while a second officer notified dispatch of the accident.
The Ford Edge came to a stop in front of 531 E. Florida Avenue. The driver, Price, appeared to be uninjured, the report states. When officers made contact with Price, she was “irate and argumentative” with the officer as he tried to collect her information. She eventually complied with the officer’s request that she exit her vehicle. As she did so, the officer smelled a “strong odor of alcohol coming from her,” the report states. The officer also saw an open bottle of beer on the floor board of the car and a closed beer bottle on Price’s passenger seat. She was placed in the back of a police cruiser.
King was taken by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where he was in critical condition, the report states. The police department traffic division and crime lab arrived to carry out an investigation. A loaded handgun and a spare loaded bullet magazine was found near King. It was later turned over to the police department crime lab.
Price was taken to the Youngstown Police Department for a further OVI investigation, the report states.