Accident on I 76
PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A 24-year-old man was injured after he drove off I-76 and struck a tree in Rootstown Township. Ohio Highway Patrol troopers said the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. Update: He passed.
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