Teen killed, man hurt in Summit County crash
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a Saturday morning crash that left an 18-year-old dead. According to a news release from the Akron Post, a Volkswagen Jetta driven by 22-year-old George Taylor of Hartville, Ohio was going south on SR 241 just north of Clayben Dr. around 1:30 a.m. when the car went off the right side of the road and hit a guardrail and utility pole. The vehicle overturned and came to rest upright in the road, the release said. Taylor was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. His passenger, 18-year-old Isabelle Grubaugh, of Akron, died from injuries she sustained in the crash. According to the release, drugs and/or alcohol appear to have played a role in the crash and neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt. No other vehicles were involved. The crash remains under investigation.
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