Chicago man killed in I-80 truck crash

Staff report

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A Chicago man is dead after he crashed his tractor-trailer carrying mangoes and it flew over a bridge at 6:13 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 80 in Hubbard Township.

Larry J. Johnson, 57, was driving the 2005 Volvo tractor-trailer westbound on I-80, west of U.S. Route 62 when he went onto the left side of the roadway, hit the edge of a bridge rail and flew over the bridge, according to a press release issued by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Trumbull County.

The tractor-trailer came to a rest at the railroad tracks below the bridge and became engulfed in flames, the release said.

It is still unknown what caused Johnson to travel off the roadway.

Debris from the accident forced cars on I-80 to slow down, which caused numerous collisions. The eastbound side of I-80 was closed for an hour and a half for cleanup and for the Ohio Department of Transportation to declare the bridge safe for traveling, according to the release.