RAVENNA, Ohio — Police say a Ravenna school crossing guard was injured after being hit by a car while on the job outside West Main Elementary School Wednesday morning.

According to a press release, the guard named Donna Croasmun was trying to help a child cross Main Street at the Diamond Street intersection when a vehicle approached eastbound and ran a red light. The car struck Croasmun and knocked her to the ground just after 8:45 a.m.

Croasmun was taken by ambulance to University Hospitals Portage Medical Center and treated there for non-life-threatening injuries. No students were in the crosswalk at the time of the collision, per authorities.

The driver who hit Croasmun has been cited for failing to obey traffic control devices. The incident just days after Joe Lazar, a Westlake sc

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