Westbound turnpike traffic resumes after accident near Genoa
11/26/2007GENOA The westbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike between I-280 and State Rt. 51 were closed for about an hour Monday after two tractor-trailer rigs collided just southwest of here, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
There were no injuries.
The semis were westbound on the rain-slickened turnpike about 7:30 a.m. when they collided. They then came to rest on the roadway, blocking westbound traffic, troopers at the patrol s Berea post said.
Traffic was directed to the shoulder. It returned to normal about 8:30 a.m., troopers at the patrol s Swanton post said.
Genoa is about 10 miles southeast of Toledo.
(From earlier editions of The Blade and toledoblade.com).
GENOA Two tractor-trailer rigs collided in the westbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike between I-280 and State Rt. 51 just before 7:30 a.m. Monday, blocking westbound traffic southwest of here. There were no injuries, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
Genoa is about 10 miles southeast of Toledo.
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