2 dead after crash on I-90 in Euclid [Video]

CLEVELAND — Two people are dead Thursday afternoon following a car crash on Interstate 90 in Euclid, police said. 

According to a press release from the Euclid Police Department sent just before 2:45 p.m., the crash happened in the westbound lanes of I-90 near East 200th Street. 

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as 79-year-old Charles Pankratz and 59-year-old Patricia K. Pankratz of Cleveland. 

On Thursday afternoon, the right two lanes on I-90 West were blocked. Drivers were advised to avoid the accident area until midnight and look for alternative routes as police investigated the crash.

3News cameras captured the following photos at the scene of the crash: