JEEP GOES OFF ROAD – STRIKES HOUSE

DRIVER DIES AT HOSPITAL

Elyria – One man is dead after a single car crash Friday night on Eastern Heights Blvd.

Elyria Police Investigators are now trying to piece together what happen that caused the driver to go off the road Friday around 9pm. The Jeep was traveling eastbound on 4th Street before crossing East River. The Jeep then went off the right side of the road and traveled across 3 yards before slamming into a front porch.

Witnesses who called 9-1-1 said the man was not moving or speaking.

Elyria Firefighters worked to extricate the driver while LifeCare Paramedics began treating him inside of the Jeep. The driver was removed through the passenger side back door. He was then loaded into the back of an ambulance where Paramedics treated the man further before transporting him to Elyria Memorial Hospital. A Metro LifeFlight helicopter medical team was waiting at EMH for the victim but Doctors pronounced the victim dead inside of the emergency room.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.


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