NORTHEAST OHIO Storm blamed for death of man

None of the Youngstown-area crashes resulted in life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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A winter storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of the Northeast also left its mark in Ohio, blanketing Cleveland with a Christmas-record snowfall and contributing to one death.
In Youngstown, 5.4 inches fell Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
For the season, 19.2 inches have fallen.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a slippery road was a factor in a two-car crash that killed a man about 10:20 a.m. Wednesday in Portage County's Paris Township, about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland.
A car slid left of center and into a pickup truck on a snow-covered state Route 5, killing the car's driver, Michael A. Demattio, 30, of Ravenna, said Lt. George Williams of the patrol's Ravenna post.
John R. Runion, 36, of Warren, who was driving the pickup, was taken to Robinson Memorial Hospital. A hospital spokeswoman would not release any information on his condition, but a patrol dispatcher said his injury was not considered life threatening.
Youngstown area
Several accidents were reported in the Youngstown area, but no reports indicate life-threatening injuries. Canfield police said there were four weather-related accidents, and Poland Township counted two.
No one was injured in those accidents.
Boardman Township counted 17 weather-related accidents from midnight Wednesday through early today.
Police said there were no injuries.
10 inches of snow
The NWS said 10.2 inches of snow fell at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport from midnight Tuesday to 9 p.m. Wednesday, making it the whitest Christmas on record in the city.
Hopkins officials had to close the airport's runways about 10:45 a.m. for 45 minutes, and alternated runways during the afternoon while plowing.
The previous record for Christmas snow in Cleveland was 5.8 inches in 1944, the weather service said.
Forecasters said parts of Northeast Ohio could get an additional 3 inches of snow early today.
Elsewhere
The snowstorm, blowing out of the Plains, has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths since Monday, mostly related to traffic accidents. Moving east Wednesday, the storm left more than 2 feet of snow on the ground in parts of upstate New York.
Six inches of snow fell Wednesday in northwest Ohio, and the southern part of the state had little accumulation as rain also fell, the weather service said.
In Hardin County, about 55 miles northwest of Columbus, a man was killed in a snowmobile accident Wednesday, the sheriff's office said. Details of the accident and the man's name were not immediately available.