CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – One woman is dead, and another is injured after a car crash early Saturday morning.

According to Cleveland Police, at around 2:34 a.m., officers responded to a one-car crash on St. Clair Avenue near East 107th Street.

Police said the car was driving eastbound on St. Clair and lost control as it negotiated a curve and went off the road, hitting a pole and a brick signage structure.

The driver, a 28-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

A passenger, a 25-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

Police told 19 News that neither occupant appeared to be wearing a seatbelt, and speed is believed to be a factor in this accident.

The crash remains under investigation.

This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.

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PARMA, Ohio (WOIO) – At 27 years old, Vasyl Shvets escaped the deadly war in Ukraine and came to Northeast Ohio for a better life, only to be gunned down as he was trying to make an honest living.

There is still no arrest in Shvets’ murder. He is the second Lyft driver killed this week in Cleveland.

As his loved ones prepare for his memorial service on Saturday at St. Andrew Ukrainian Church, they remember a young man full of life, love, and who worked tirelessly to help his family.

Reverend Dmytro Kasiyan of Florida tells 19 News that Shvets was not only a dear friend, but family.

“I know that he loved his fiancée very much. He wanted to start a family. He was great with kids,” Reverend Kasiyan said.

Second Lyft driver killed in 36 hours

Shvets was working as a late-night Lyft driver on Tuesday when he was shot and killed in his car, which then crashed into a dumpster on East 84th Street in Cleveland. He was the second of two Lyft drivers killed in a 36-hour period in Cleveland.

“He escaped for a better life here — all his family is in Ukraine. So, he began his new life here working very hard to pursue the dream. Coming here because this is the country of freedom and peace, but unfortunately, he was killed here,” Kasiyan said.

The Ukrainian native’s dreams of working for a better life died with him; his fiancée, as well as other family and friends, are devastated trying to find out what happened.

“Whether it was a drive-by or if he was getting robbed, Vasyl would have given everything. Nothing is worth your life,” Kasiyan told 19 News.

Family seeks answers

“It’s very frustrating because his fiance and family in general want answers. They haven’t heard anything from the police. They haven’t heard anything from Lyft,” Kasiyan said.

After arriving in the U.S. in 2023, Shvets focused on living the American dream, sending nearly every penny he made back to his mother, father, and sister in Ukraine — a family that never had a chance to say goodbye.

“We just want to see justice served,” Kasiyan said.

A memorial service for Shvets will be held at St. Andrew Church in Parma on Saturday. His body will be shipped back to western Ukraine to his family.

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