MILAN, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating two separate fatal crashes that happened on the Ohio Turnpike in Erie County on Sunday morning.
According to a press release from the OSHP, the first crash happened around 6:40 a.m. when an International 4300 truck was heading east went off the roadway and hit a tow truck that was stopped on the shoulder of the road with its emergency lights on.
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The driver of the truck suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Mercy Health – Lorain Hospital. The passenger of the truck, 32-year-old Dantrail Reeses, was pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.
The second crash happened around 7:35 a.m. east of the Frailey Road overpass in the traffic backup from the first crash, the release said.
According to the release, a Toyota Sienna hit a Peterbilt 389 tractor-trailer combination. Both the driver, 56-year-old Hongwei Wang of Chicago, and the passenger, 56-year-old Zhangli Liu, of the Toyota were pronounced dead at the scene, the release said.
The driver of the Peterbilt was uninjured.
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The roadway in that area was closed for three hours while the scenes were cleared.
Both crashes remain under investigation.
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