The Ohio State Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Samantha Smith of Chardon died at the scene.
SANDUSKY COUNTY, Ohio — At least one person is dead following a fatal crash on the Ohio Turnpike Monday morning, in an incident that resulted in a closure of the Turnpike for five hours.
According to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the three-vehicle crash occurred just before 10 a.m. Monday, just east of SR-51 in Washington Township in Sandusky County.
The crash resulted in a five-hour closure while authorities responded to the scene. Their preliminary investigation determined that a Kenworth tractor-dump trailer was traveling west on the turnpike when it drove off the right side of the roadway, struck and drove over a concrete barrier wall, before entering the eastbound lanes and striking a Ford Escape.
After striking the Ford Escape, OSHP said the tractor-dump trailer continued across the eastbound lanes …