Dump truck, ODOT vehicle explode after Summit County crash on I-77 (video)

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A number of lanes had been blocked on I-77 in Summit County from simply after 7:00 A.M. till simply afternoon following a crash and explosion on Thursday morning.

In accordance with the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace, a dump truck touring I-77 north struck an Ohio Division of Transportation automobile that was on the shoulder simply earlier than 7:30 a.m. just some miles north of the Akron Canton Airport in Inexperienced.

The crash resulted in an explosion, the sheriff’s workplace stated. Each autos then caught hearth.

Deputies and first responders arrived to the scene, and rescued each drivers from their autos, and transported them to an space hospital.

In accordance with the sheriff’s workplace, the motive force of the dump truck suffered life-threatening accidents. The Ohio Division of Transportation stated their driver was critically injured, however the accidents will not be thought of life-threatening.

“Our freeway employee, higher but, our brother, a husband, a father and a grandfather suffered severe accidents however it’s nothing in need of a miracle that he survived,” stated Gery Noirot the O.D.O.T. District 4 Deputy Director.

The video exhibits the dump truck driver veering off the highway, instantly on the ODOT truck, and the motive force by no means seems to try to steer out of the accident and by no means seems to interrupt.

The ODOT employee was on his approach to choose up a chunk of apparatus when he stopped on the facet of the highway to choose up some trash that he had observed when his one ton truck was hit from behind.

“We’ll let the Summit County Sheriff’s workplace do their investigation to find out what occurred this morning however what I can let you know is I hear, far too usually, from our people is that they see drivers being attentive to issues apart from the highway method and this has to cease,” Noirot stated.

Final yr, throughout the state, 154 ODOT staff, or ODOT gear was hit by drivers on Ohio highways however already in 2022 there have been 82 situations of crews hit by Ohio drivers.

Delays on I-77 north stretched out of Summit County into Stark County.

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