Driver hurt, hospitalized after SUV flips near park

10/31/2005

A Toledo man was hospitalized after the sports utility vehicle he was driving overturned at Joseph P. Burnett Park, near the intersection of Spring Grove Avenue and Mason Street in East Toledo early yesterday.

Doctors at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center had not listed the condition of John Halasz of 2127 Valentine St. as of yesterday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said.

Police responded to the park at about 5:26 a.m. Officers found Mr. Halasz pinned underneath the overturned SUV.

Authorities said Mr. Halasz drove the SUV through the park and made a sharp turn, flipping the vehicle. The accident remained under investigation yesterday.