ELMORE – A multi-vehicle collision of three tractor-trailers killed one man from Brooklyn, New York, and shut down one lane of the Ohio Turnpike in Ottawa County March 15.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ibodulloev Mukhammadali died when the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia he operated collided with a 2023 Freightliner Cascadia operated by Don Blount, 65, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a 2018 Freightliner Cascadia, operated by Kevin Csutoras, 61, Harrison, Michigan.
The crash occurred around 10:20 a.m., on the Ohio Turnpike near milepost 78 in Harris Township, Ottawa County.
Blount sustained minor injuries and was transported by EMS to Fremont Medical Center. Csutoras was not injured.
State Trooper car with the Ohio Highway Patrol.
The 2020 Freightliner struck the 2023 Freightliner. The 2023 Freightliner then struck the 2018 Freightliner. The preliminary investigation showed that the first two commercial vehicles were stopped in traffic due to a prior crash on the eastbound direction of the turnpike.
The driver of 2020 Freightliner was pronounced dead at the scene.
As a result of the crash, the turnpike was restricted to a single lane until the scene was cleared. It took five hours for the right and center lanes to be reopened.
The OSHP was assisted on scene by the Ohio Turnpike Commission Department of Maintenance and Madison Motors/Interstate Towing.
The Swanton Post of the Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate the crash.
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This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Turnpike triple semi collision fatal for one