Troopers say driver fled traffic stop
AVON — A 24-year-old Vermilion woman was among three people who died late Sunday in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 90 near Nagel Road, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Samantha Spicer was riding in a Chevrolet Cruze driven by Josylynn R. Geren, 24, of Elyria, when a Tesla traveling east in the westbound lanes struck their car and a Chevrolet Traverse. The crash happened about 11:50 p.m., troopers said.
Spicer, Geren and the Tesla driver, Andrew Sheridan, 50, of Avon Lake, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Avon police had stopped the Tesla after it was reported leaving the scene of a domestic incident earlier that night. The Tesla fled the stop and entered I-90 from Nagel Road, the patrol said.
The Traverse driver, Richard A. Siaz, 26, of Lorain, was taken to an area hospital with injuries the patrol described as non-life-threatening.
The westbound lanes reopened after being closed for about four hours. The patrol’s Elyria Post is investigating the crash. Avon police are investigating the domestic incident, the traffic stop and what happened before the crash.