Car crashes into baseball field

Published 10:04 am Friday, February 4, 2011

A Hanging Rock woman remains in fair condition at a local hospital after the vehicle she was driving crashed into the Little League Field in the north end of Ironton.

At 6:21 p.m. Thursday the 2001 Nissan was going north over the viaduct on North Second Street when it landed on the baseball field.

Jaimi Taylor, 35, of 330 Scioto Ave., Hanging Rock, was the only person in the car, according to Ironton Police Chief Jim Carey.

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“She lost control and went over the right side of the roadway,” Carey said.

Ironton Fire Department had to remove her from the vehicle by mechanical means. She was taken by helicopter to the trauma center of a Cabell Huntington Hospital. Lawrence County Emergency Medical Services and Ironton Police Department also responded. Taylor is in fair condition.