Toledo motorist killed in crash on Dorr Street

12/24/2010

A Toledo motorist was killed and a Toledo woman was hurt when the cars they were driving collided in the central city Friday morning, authorities said.

Wayne Kott, 55, of Coventry Avenue was taken to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:01 a.m., a spokesman said.

JoAnn Gonzales, 50, of West Woodruff Avenue was treated at Toledo Hospital, a hospital spokesman said.

Mr. Kott was driving east in the 700 block of Dorr Street, between Ewing and Wells streets, about 7:20 a.m. when his car struck the Gonzales car in the rear, then spun off the south side of the road, and hit a tree, police said.

The crash remains under investigation.