55-year-old driver dies after crashing into wooded area

A 55-year-old man died after losing control of his car and crashing into a wooded area off an Ohio highway.

Around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Willoughby Hills police officers responded to the Interstate 90 east spur and the Interstate 271 south after several people called 911 after seeing a driver go off the road and enter a wooded area at the bottom of a ravine, according to a social media post from the department.

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Upon arrival, officers found the vehicle overturned at the bottom of the ravine with the driver trapped inside.

“The vehicle had traveled a considerable distance into a heavily wooded area, making access and rescue operations challenging,” the department said in the post…

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