Three killed in Guernsey County highway crash

CAMBRIDGE − Three people are dead following a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening on Interstate 70, in Cambridge Township, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Authorities said Raymond Clifford of Orange County, Florida, was driving a 2018 Freightliner commercial vehicle westbound at the same time Nathan Johnson of Fairborn was headed east in a 2015 Nissan Versa.

The semi went left off the roadway, crossed the median and then struck the Nissan and a guardrail, the patrol post said. The semi came to rest on the south side of the eastbound lane and the Nissan came to rest in the median.

Johnson was transported to Ohio Health Hospital in Cambridge, where he was pronounced dead. Two occupants in the Nissan, unnamed by the patrol post, were pronounced dead at the scene. Clifford was treated and released from Ohio Health Hospital for injuries.

Assisting were the Ohio Department of Transportation, Cambridge Fire Department, Guernsey County Sheriff's Office, United Emergency Medical Services, Guernsey County Coroner, Guernsey County Emergency Management, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Lloyd's Towing and Road Warriors Towing. The New Concord Police Department helped with traffic control. The incident is still under investigation.

Information submitted by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Three killed in Guernsey County highway crash