Two Injured in Separate Pedestrian and Skateboard Crashes at Same Marion Intersection

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at just before 6:00 Monday evening in Marion.

According to the report from the Marion Police Department, 22-year-old Austin Ernsberger, of Mansfield, was walking across Prospect Street when he was struck by a vehicle being driven by 44-year-old Aurelia Harbolt-Adams, who turned into the crosswalk from Columbia Street.

Ernsberger was transported to Marion General Hospital with suspected serious injuries.

Harbolt-Adams was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian.

Around two hours later and at the same intersection in Marion, a 25-year-old man was injured after the skateboard he was operating struck a vehicle.

This occurred at just before 8:00 Monday evening while Humberto Bravo was riding the skateboard south on Prospect Street, and he could not stop for the red light at Columbia Street.

His skateboard struck a westbound car being driven by 71-year-old Deborah Devore, of Marion.

Bravo was transported to Marion General Hospital with suspected minor injuries.

He was cited for a red-light violation.