3 cars damaged in crashes on icy stretch of Route 910 in Harmar

Dec. 20--Two vehicles were heavily damaged Friday morning in a head-on crash on an icy stretch of Route 910 in Harmar, but the two drivers involved managed to walk away unhurt, Harmar police said.

Also damaged in the crash was an unoccupied third vehicle that had been disabled on the side of the road from an earlier crash, police said.

The head-on crash happened around 9 a.m.

A Chevrolet pickup driven by Brian Donovan, 22, of Indiana Township spun out and went across the center line before slamming into an oncoming SUV, Harmar police Chief Jason Domaratz said.

"It was a sheet of ice," Donovan said.

Police identified the driver of the Subaru SUV as Rachel Pazman, 39, of Oakmont.

"No one was hurt. It's amazing," said Harmar police Lt. Otto Gaal.

The collision pushed the SUV into a disabled Ford Mustang. Domaratz said that car had been involved in a one-car crash around 8:45 a.m.

"I was driving to work and hit a patch of ice," said the Mustang's driver, Josh Moore of Indiana Township.

Moore said his car "fish-tailed when I tapped my brakes and I shot out like a rocket. Fortunately, no one was coming in the other lanes. I hit nose-first into the guardrail."

A coworker had taken Moore home so he could call an insurance company. He learned before returning that his car had been involved in a second accident; his girlfriend called when she saw the three wrecked cars, including Moore's, as she drove to work.

Chuck Biedka is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Chuck at 724-226-4711, [email protected] or via Twitter .

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