An SUV driver was seriously injured late Friday night when the vehicle crossed left of center on U.S. 20 in Fulton County and collided head-on with a semi truck, a crash that closed a portion of the highway for about four hours, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The patrol said the serious-injury crash happened at about 11:04 p.m. Friday, November 6, on U.S. 20 near milepost 11 in Chesterfield Township. A 2014 Buick Enclave was traveling eastbound and a 2018 Freightliner was traveling westbound when the Enclave traveled left of center and was struck head-on by the big rig, the patrol said in its release, which was also reported by 13abc in Toledo.
The driver of the Enclave suffered serious injuries and was transported by Mercy Health Life Flight to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The patrol’s release did not name either driver.
The driver of the Freightliner was taken by ground ambulance to Fulton County Health Center with minor injuries, the patrol said.
The crash closed a portion of U.S. 20 for about four hours, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The highway has since reopened.
Troopers from the patrol’s Toledo Post are investigating the crash, which remained under investigation on Sunday, the patrol said. No cause beyond the left-of-center travel described in the release, and no citations, were announced in the release.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Fulton County EMS, the Morenci Fire Department, Mercy Health Life Flight and KK Collision assisted troopers at the scene, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
What happens next is the completion of the Toledo Post investigation. NewsForce247 will append a labeled update to this article if the patrol releases the drivers’ names or any findings on the cause of the crash.
What is known so far comes from the patrol’s release: the time and place of the crash, the two vehicles involved, the injuries and hospitals, the roughly four-hour closure of U.S. 20, and the agencies that responded. What is still unknown is why the Enclave traveled left of center, the current condition of the seriously injured driver, and whether any charges or citations will follow — none of that was in the release reported by the patrol and 13abc.