Worker fixing Downtown Willoughby sign fatally thrown from lift after truck hits it

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (WOIO) – A deadly crash shut down Erie Street in the Downtown Willoughby Historic District on Monday morning.

The Willoughby Police Department confirmed an employee was up in a “red cherry picker truck” working on the DavEd Jewelers sign at 4137 Erie St.

A Ryder box truck then crashed into the lift at approximately 9:47 a.m., WPD Public Information Officer Det. Lt. John Begovic stated…

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