UPDATE | Woman killed in I-680 accident today in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Police are asking the public for help in locating a vehicle that struck and killed a woman on Interstate 680 on Monday morning.

Officers at the department’s Accident Investigation Unit said the woman, whose name they are not releasing until they are sure all relatives have been notified, was driving north on the highway near the Shirley Road exit about 5:30 a.m. when she hit a bag of leaves that was lying in the road.

Investigators said the leaves were lodged under the woman’s car. She stopped in the median in the left-hand lane and got out of her car to try and dislodge them when she was hit by another vehicle. Police have a lead on the driver of that vehicle.

The impact knocked the woman into the southbound lanes, where she was hit by another vehicle that did not stop. That is the vehicle investigators are looking for.

Police said anyone with information on that vehicle can call the AIU at 330-742-8946.

The accident closed down portions of both lanes of the highway for several hours. The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s accident reconstruction unit is also assisting police.

This is the third fatal accident the city has seen in the span of 10 days.