Two people are dead and two more are seriously injured after a two-car crash in Elyria Thursday afternoon, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The crash happened at 3:22 p.m. on State Route 57 at Griswold Road, troopers said.
According to the highway patrol, the crash was caused when a driver in a Nissan Altima with two other passengers failed to stop at a red light on State Route 57 and hit a Toyota Corolla that was turning east onto Griswold Road. Troopers say an Elyria police officer was trying to stop the Nissan just before the crash.
The two passengers in the Nissan, 36-year-old Tanner Smith of Cleveland and 36-year-old Meghan Incorvaia of Wakeman, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Troopers say the occupants of the car were not wearing seatbelts.
The driver of the Toyota was taken by ambulance to an Elyria hospital with “serious” injuries, the highway patrol said.
The highway patrol said troopers are investigating the crash and no charges have been filed at this time.
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Finally not the innocents are killed! 😉
Thankfully the taxpayers were spared the financial burden of an expensive trial which would have only confirmed what we already knew.
Why airlift the criminal who caused this? Waste of money.
Black people again?
Bunch of Darwin lovers
No one should be driving (especially not Big Trucks) unless they are Military. Mass revocations of drivers Licenses will soon take place with some exception for Scooters and "Bubble Car Made by BMW" type vehicles as well as recycled vehicles made for artistic value….
If the police have NO PLAN on how to STOP and runner, then all they are doing is PUSHING the runner into YOU and your FAMILY!
The car is on fire, so what. The poor people that got hit should be the first concern.
I believe police should not chase Too many innocent lives at risk. Is getting someone worth the risk of killing an innocent lives. HELL NOOO
Remember people, to the cops your nothing but collateral damage! They went to the criminals car first before checking on the "civilians"!!!
Hard drugs in the car?
Police say numerous drugs were discovered inside the Nissan, including crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl. The three occupants allegedly had warrants out for their arrests, and officers claimed to have "observed a hand-to-hand transaction" prior to initiating the chase.
The law breaking cop just almost hit that car gotta slow down & make sure it's clear bro
My condolences God be with the families.Rest in Peace ✝️ God bless you involved in the accident ✝️🕊️🇺🇸
I drive this everyday to work… this was so heart breaking
Over a red light ticket !!
I like the fact that the officer was speaking English rather than 10-code, and also they actually decided to use a fire extinguisher and extract people from the wreck rather than waiting around on the fire department.
Police are at fault for the pursuit. They also almost wiped someone out by running a red light themselves.
Guarantee they was white meth heads 😮
Another day in America 🇺🇸 I'm frying chicken wings tonight 💯
Do we have anyone wondering why, in an era of cheap drones, police still do these siren-blasting chases? Yes the drug dealers are responsible for it… but so are the police. Seriously. You could have drones, and direct multiple police units to gradually “tighten the net” on suspects who are merely being observed from the sky and therefore not panicking over being chased. Plenty of innocent folks have gotten killed or maimed as a result of police chases they had nothing to do with. It needs to stop. It can stop. Why has it not stopped?
sreggin I assume. yes?
There are INNOCENT people in the other car, ya know! Check them FIRST!
This cop isnt much better. DUMMY!!!
We need to know WHY they were being pursued since this is what caused them to travel at a high rate of speed and crash into the other vehicle. Did they murder someone or just run a stop sign. It matters.
Stop endangering the public with useless chases
Who is crutch people boy?4 who are you?1411
Another cyclist causing havoc on the road.
Nissan Altima…shocking. Criminals vehicle of choice it seems
Glad it was the criminals that weee killed rather than the innocent motorist
Are they going to check the other car ?
There comes a point that pursuits should end.. this is tragic ending that shouldn’t have happened
Does such "hunts" make any sense. This could have ended far more worse. Yes you got them now, but all that risk. Try to get them when it is without all this crazyness.
Drugs
End
All
Dreams
Hopefully it wasn't the innocent public that was hurt!
“Are you okay?” *Officer wielding pistol over his speeding ticket pursuit asks*
I bet they were k factors.
This is why I always stop properly at stop signs as In sometimes giving myself even an extra few seconds.
People would rather risk lives than go to jail
Couldn't even see what happened, only the aftermath.. cops were more concerned about making a bust than the driver of the other car, almost t-boned that Prius, couldn't break the glass in the suspect vehicle – not their best moment lol.. glad I wasn't on the road there during that risky and unnecessary pursuit
FAFO
The cops caused this
Oh now the wiggies have to look like heros saving lives {or trying to save lives} on an accident that the wiggies themselves caused.
I knew that was the road I took to Cedar Point when I got off the turnpike coming from West Virginia. It looked very familiar.
DRIVING RECKLESSLY IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR OTHER VEHICLES PEDESTRIANS WALKING AND WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE RED ON A INTERSECTION TRAFFIC ZONE IS VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY ACCIDENTS ARE LEADING CAUSES OF INJURIES AND DEATHS HOW CAN ANYONE THINKING OF SPEEDING VIOLATIONS AND ENTERING INTERSECTIONS DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS IS NOT IN DANGERS OF ANY SITUATION POLICE FLASHING LIGHTS IS PULLING OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF ROADS TO STOP NEVER ENDANGERING LIVES WITH SPEEDING PURSUITS
Was the other car a cyber truck ?
You have people trapped,car parts all over the road,one car is on fire and deputy dickhead runs up to the car with his gun out pointing at the window,I wonder if he sneaks up to a casket in a funeral home with his gun out to
So exactly what does it accomplish for the cops to chase people?
Why pursue? This is what happens and innocent people get caught up. So stupid
As soon as the officer put his gun down by the door i knew they were gone