PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A wrong-way driver was killed Friday night after a head-on crash with a marked Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser on OH 2 in Lake County, according to a news release from OSHP.
The crash happened just before 9 p.m. Friday on westbound OH 2 near OH 44 in Painesville Township.
Investigators said a trooper was traveling west in a marked patrol vehicle when a brown 2011 Toyota Scion, traveling east in the westbound lanes, struck the cruiser head-on. Following the initial impact, the Scion caught fire…