STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (WJW) — The driver of a semi-truck became trapped after the vehicle flipped over on the Ohio Turnpike on Tuesday morning, March 10.
The crash happened just before 9 a.m. on the Ohio Turnpike in Strongsville, according to a Tuesday afternoon update from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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Investigators learned the semi-truck’s driver, a 48-year-old Tennessee man, was headed west on the turnpike and had exited toward the Interstate 71 interchange. The truck went off the left side of the road, hit the guard rail and flipped over.
The man became trapped inside the semi-truck and had to be freed using a mechanical device, according to the release. He was then flown to a Cleveland hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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