Traffic & Transit
Deadly Cleveland Crash: Truck Rolls Off I-71
At 3:30 a.m., a Ford pickup truck careened off the road and hit a guardrail. The driver was thrown out and died, police said.
CLEVELAND — At 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, a Ford pickup truck went off I-71 and crashed near W. 25th Street in downtown Cleveland.
When the truck left the highway, it hit a guardrail and then rolled over. The driver was thrown from the truck and killed, Cleveland police said.
It's not yet clear what caused the driver to roll off of I-71.
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Police said the driver was a 28-year-old man. He was declared dead by EMS after the accident.
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