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Cleveland police say a 54-year-old Cleveland man was killed this morning when his car hit a house at Wade Park and East 118th St. They have not released his name.
Lt. Tom Stacho, department spokesman, said the accident happened at 12:30 a.m. when the driver, Ricky Davis, in a 1996 Ford Contour, failed to turn left or right at the T intersection and instead "plowed through a fence and then struck a house occupied by an elderly couple."
The driver was thrown partly out of the window of his vehicle. He died at the scene. No one else was hurt.
Stacho said officers found open and unopened cans of beer in the car, and that the man had been arrested Oct. 2 on a DUI charge. His license had been suspended.
Stacho said the city has had 47 fatal crashes so far this year, up from 35 at this point in 2007.
The State Highway Patrol said there were 11 traffic fatalities on Ohio roads during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
That's the fewest deaths since Thanksgiving 2001, when there were 10 traffic fatalities. There were 17 traffic deaths last Thanksgiving.
Troopers arrested 501 motorists for drunken driving and assisted 3,741 motorists during the holiday weekend this year.
The maximum sentence would have been 7 years in prison. George pleaded guilty Oct. 24.
Prosecutors said George was driving Dec. 20 with a suspended license. At St. Clair Avenue and East 55th Street, she struck another car, killing Sheena Green, her front-seat passenger, and injuring the other driver.
SHARON TOWNSHIP -- The motorist killed at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday in a two-car crash on Ohio 18 has been identified as Mary Little, 73, of Medina.
State Highway Patrol troopers said Little was driving her 1999 Buick Century west on 18, just east of Windfall Road, when she lost control on ice and slid into the eastbound lane. A 2007 Mitsubishi sport utility vehicle driven by Derrick Ayala, of Medina, slammed into her car.
Little was pronounced dead at Medina General Hospital. Ayala was treated for minor injuries.
GRANGER TOWNSHIP -- One person was killed in a crash this morning on Ohio 18.
The crash happened at 10:10 a.m. on 18 at Windfall Road, which is a block east of Interstate 71.
Highway Patrol troopers were still at the scene at 11:30 a.m. Details aren't yet available.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP -- A Perry High School senior in Stark County was killed Monday afternoon when she lost control of her car during a near-blizzard and slid into on oncoming truck.
Kelly Halterman died of injuries she received in the crash that happened on Perry Drive Northwest near Brunnerdale Avenue about 3 p.m.
Police said she died at 4:52 p.m. at Mercy Medical Center.
Officials said there were white out conditions when the accident occurred.
The truck driver received minor injuries.
Counselors were available at the school on Tuesday to help students cope with the loss of a classmate.
STOW -- Police are asking for help to locate a driver who left the scene of a fatal crash Friday.
Officers were called at 8:21 p.m. to Ohio 8 south, near the Steels Corners exit. They found a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer off the right side of the road. The driver, Dale W. Collins, 59, of Cuyahoga Falls, was pronounced dead at 8:54 p.m. at Akron City Hospital.
Witnesses said Collins had been driving south in the left lane when a vehicle entering the highway sideswiped the right side of his car. Collins lost control and struck a water truck that was parked in a construction zone. Two of the road's three lanes were closed. Collins' car bounced off the trailer and rolled into the grass.
The suspect may have been driving a GMC or a Ford Escape that could have the Lancer's red paint on it, Lt. Rick Myers said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 330-689-5700.
The two police officers chasing them were injured pulling the men from the burning wreckage.
The short chase began about 12:20 a.m. at East 79th Street and Buckeye Road, where patrolmen ran a license plate and learned the car was stolen on Oct. 30 from a used car lot at West 51st Street and Lorain Avenue.
The driver, Darnell Carpenter, 30, lost control at East 83rd Street and Euclid Avenue. The car crashed into a pole and started on fire. Carpenter died at Huron Hospital in East Cleveland. The 17-year-old passenger is at MetroHealth Medical Center.
Two officers were treated for smoke inhalation.
Police found a sawed-off shotgun and masks in the car, Lt. Thomas Stacho said.
A 29-year-old Canton man died Thursday from injuries he received in a two-car crash on Back-Massillon Road at the intersection of Fox Lake Road in Baughman Township Wednesday evening.
Steven Hartleben was transported to Akron City Hospital where he died Thursday afternoon.
Hartleben was driving east bound on Back-Massillon Road when his sport-utility vehicle was struck by a car driven by Sallie Morton, 61, of Wooster. Morton had been traveling south bound on Fox Lane Road and had just pulled off from a stop sign before impact.
Hartleben attempted to avoid the crash and went off the side of the road. His car turned over multiple times before coming to a rest upright in a field.
Morton was taken to Dunlap Memorial Hospital and treated for minor injuries.
Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts.
This is the eleventh fatal crash in Wayne County this year.
Jordan Gonzalez was driving a 2008 Nissan and slammed into a pole at Detroit and Canterbury roads. She was taken to Fairview General Hospital, where she died.
Gonzalez was not wearing a seat belt, and alcohol appears to be a factor, Capt. Guy Turner said.
She had been in Cleveland and friends drove her to her Windsong Court home. She began arguing with them. They tried to wake up a parent. She got into her Nissan and drove away, Turner said.
"The friends went to look for her and discovered the crash," he said.
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GRAFTON -- William Krakora, 17, and his passenger, Richard Curran, 16, were killed in a high-speed crash Wednesday afternoon on Capel Road.
State Highway Patrol Lt. Glenn Peterson said Krakora was speeding and neither boy was wearing a seat belt when about 3 p.m.
Krakora lost control of his Dodge Neon on Capel, west of Ohio 83. The car, heading east, went off the right side of the road, through a yard, partially rolled and slammed into a tree. The car was torn into three pieces. The boys were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Lorain County coroner said both boys died of severe multiple blunt force trauma. The crash happened not far from the boys' school, Midview High School.
It has not yet been determined whether alcohol or drugs were a factor, Peterson said. The coroner is waiting for the results of toxicology tests on Krakora.
GRAFTON -- Two teenagers were killed Wednesday afternoon when their car struck a tree on Capel Road not far from Midview High School.
The names and ages of the boys have not been released.
Lorain County Coroner Dr. Paul Matus said the driver lost control of the car between Durkee Road and Ohio 83 around 3 p.m.
Pictures from the scene showed the car was in pieces strewn across a field.
State Highway Patrol officials, who are heading the investigation, did not have further information.
COVENTRY TOWNSHIP -- Scott Greene, 38, of Akron, died Sunday, about 24 hours after crashing his motorcycle.
Summit County deputies said Greene was driving a Suzuki motorcycle east about 3 p.m. Saturday on Portage Lakes Drive. He lost control and struck a guardrail.
Greene was taken to Akron General Medical Center where he died at 3:46 p.m. Sunday.
UPDATED: CLEVELAND -- A 37-year-old Parma man died in a motorcycle crash Wednesday night.
Dimitro Kordupel was going east on Memphis Avenue about 11:25 p.m. He lost control on a curve in the 3600 block, went off the right side of the road and slammed into a metal sign post.
Kordupel was thrown from the motorcycle. He was not wearing a helmet and didn't have a driver's license for a motorcycle, Lt. Thomas Stacho said.
Kordupel's friends called him "D," said Steve Karam, who worked with him at Firehawk Automotive in Cleveland. "He loved to hunt. He always had stories about his hunting trips. And he loved to ride his motorcycle. I'm stunned that he lost control of his bike."
"D was very funny and had a distinct laugh -- hard to forget."
LAGRANGE -- A 16-year-old LaGrange girl was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-car accident at the intersection of Ohio 303 and Whitehead Road.
Molly Webber was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lorain County coroner.
Webber was a passenger in a car driven by Rachel Salyer, 17, that was headed eastbound on Ohio 303. Ethan Frey, 17, was driving northbound on Whitehead Road at 4:54 p.m. when he failed to yield the right of way from a stop sign and hit Salyer's car on the right front passenger door.
Both cars were forced off the northeast side of the intersection.
Salyer and Frey were flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Salyer is in fair condition. Frey was still being evaluated late Tuesday; his condition was not available.
All three were wearing seat belts. Investigators do not believe that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
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