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Tuesday, March 11, 2014Area:
Toledo, OHA Parma woman killed in a massive pileup on the Ohio turnpike was a victim of the first of two crashes that closed the highway Wednesday afternoon, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
Three people were killed after an accident in Sandusky County caused a chain reaction that resulted in a pileup that stretched over more than a mile of roadway and involved nearly 50 vehicles, the patrol said Thursday.
The pile-up included two severe crash zones, the patrol said.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHOhio Turnpike officials are stopping drivers from getting on the toll road at several interchanges after a series of pileups shut it down.
The State Highway Patrol says two people died and a trooper was seriously injured in snowy crashes involving at least 50 vehicles on the turnpike.
A turnpike spokesman says they hope to open one eastbound lane of traffic around 6 p.m.
Pileups stretched across a 2-mile section in the eastbound lanes of the toll road Wednesday afternoon between Toledo and Cleveland.
Turnpike spokesman Adam Greenslade says traffic there is backed up just over seven miles.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHThe Wickliffe Police Department responded to a reported car accident Sunday morning at the Shell gas station.
Upon arrival, police found 34-year-old Benjamin Scholes at the scene of the accident.
Scholes admitting to losing control of his vehicle on a patch of ice.
Scholes' blood alcohol content was a .189. He was arrested and charged with OVI failure to control. He was released after posting a $3,500 bond.
Police say the canopy of the gas station and gas pump received extensive damage from the crash.