RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, Ohio — Two people died following a two-vehicle crash Saturday night in Richland County.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, troopers responded to a reported crash on Interstate 71 South in Mifflin Township just before 12 a.m.
A 2010 Jeep Liberty was traveling north on I-71 when the driver lost control and went into the southbound lanes of I-71 and was hit by a tractor-trailer.
The Jeep crashed into a guardrail and caught on fire. The tractor-trailer crashed into a guardrail before coming to a rest.
The two people who were inside the Jeep, 18-year-old Allison McCort, of Canton, and 25-year-old Evan Friend, also of Canton, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two people who were inside the tractor-trailer were not hurt.
OSHP said McCort and Friend were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
I-71 south was closed for about four hours while authorities investigated the crash and crews were cleaning debris.
