Two killed, third seriously injured in SUV crash today in Poland

Two killed, third seriously injured in SUV crash today in Poland

Staff report

POLAND

Two people were killed and a third person seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash this afternoon in Poland Township.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Canfield Post, the crash occurred at 12:08 this afternoon on New Castle Road just west of Stewart Road in Poland Township.

The driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle drove off the left side of the road, struck a mailbox, then struck a tree, an OSP dispatcher said this afternoon.

The two people sitting in the front of the car were pronounced dead at the scene. The other passenger was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown with life threatening injuries, the patrol said.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, as well as police from Lowellville and Coitsville, assisted Poland Township and the Western Reserve Joint Fire District.

The patrol said the crash remains under investigation.

This is a developing story. Watch for additional details Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com