SR 11 closed after fatal crash involving semis, cars

VIENNA — One person died after a crash at 4:39 a.m. today that involved two semi tractor-trailers and two cars on state Route 11 in Trumbull County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol Southington post.

Some residents were evacuated after one semi hit the Niles-Vienna Road overpass and caused a gas leak, the patrol said.

Traffic was being diverted away from the north and southbound lanes of state Route 11 between state Route 82 and Interstate 80, the patrol said.

The Ohio Department of Transportation said a truck carrying a trash dumpster was

traveling along Route 11, north of Girard (in the southbound direction) when it hit the Niles-Vienna Road overpass.

Damages done to the bridge (holes and bent beams) created potential unsafe conditions because there are gas lines in the bridge, ODOT said.

This caused a complete closure of Route 11 (under

Niles-Vienna) and Niles-Vienna Road. How long the closures will be in place is undetermined.

The gas company is securing its lines.

The established detours are (illustrated in the map below):

NB 11 detour is I-80 to SR 193 to SR 82 W

SB 11 detour is SR 82 to SR 46 S to US 422 to I-80/SR 11