Family SUV hydroplanes, crashes on I-71; father dead

[In the player above, see flooding conditions on Interstate 90 on Monday, July 28.]

WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — State troopers in Medina County are investigating an Interstate 71 South crash involving an SUV carrying a Missouri family, which hydroplaned and hit a commercial truck, killing a father.

It happened just before 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 28, near milepost 208 in Westfield Township, according to a Tuesday news release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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The family’s SUV, a 2020 Nissan Armada, lost control on the water-slick roadway and went off the right side of the road, striking a commercial tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder, according to the release…

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