Crime & Safety
Grafton Woman Faces DUI Charges After Crash
The following arrest information was provided by the Avon Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A Grafton woman was charged with driving under the influence after hitting a car pulling out of on Monday night.
Amanda Eliason, 27, of Grafton was driving her 2009 Honda Civic west on Detroit Road just after 9:30 p.m. when she struck a Ford Econoline driven by Thomas Lyons, 62, of Lakewood.
Lyons was pulling out of the Burger King parking lot to turn east onto Detroit Road, he told . Eliason hit the Econoline, which was registered to the American Red Cross in Cleveland, in the left rear side.
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Traffic was stopped on Detroit Road for several minutes while the scene was cleared. Both cars had to be towed.
Lyons was charged with failure to yield.
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