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Three people dead following separate crashes on Ohio Turnpike

OHIO — Three people died Sunday morning on the Ohio Turnpike following two crashes west of Lorain County, authorities reported.

The first crash occurred shortly after 6:30 a.m. in Milan Township, Erie County, when an eastbound truck driven by 31-year-old Anthony Jenson of Indianapolis struck a tow truck stopped on the shoulder with its emergency lights on. Jenson was injured but expected to recover. His passenger, 32-year-old Dantrail Reese, also of Indianapolis, was killed. The tow truck driver, who was outside the vehicle at the time, was unharmed.

As traffic backed up from the first crash, a second accident happened nearly an hour later. A Toyota Sienna, driven by 56-year-old Hongwei Wang of Chicago, rear-ended a tractor-trailer. Wang and a passenger, 56-year-old Zhangli Liu, were killed. The tractor-trailer driver was not injured.

Eastbound lanes of the Turnpike were closed for nearly three hours while troopers investigated the crashes.

The causes of both incidents remain under investigation.

Ohio Statewide Staff

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