Thursday, 23 February 2012 13:01

UPDATE Two Dead In Wilbeth Rd. Crash Featured

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UPDATE Officials have now identified the two men killed in a fatal head-on collision Wednesday evening on Akron's city streets.

The Summit County Medical Examiner reports Richard Ratliff, 34, of 12th Street SW in Akron and Anthony Mook 24, of 15th Street SW were in the vehicle hit head-on by another car that police say went left of center near the intersection of Wilbeth Road and Ninth Street.

The identity of the Ford Bronco has not yet been identified.

Previous coverage:

The vehicles involved in an Akron collision were crushed.

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office is investigating the collision where two men inside a Chevrolet Caprice died.

Officials say the Chevy was traveling east on Wilbeth Road, when another vehicle went left of center and struck them head-on.

The driver of the Chevy was said to be 34 and his passenger was 24-years old.

The driver of a Ford Bronco, a 39-year old man, was seriously injured and taken to Akron General Medical Center for treatment.

Names of the victims are being withheld at this time.

The collision happened close to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the intersection of Wilbeth Road and Ninth Street.


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Lindsay McCoy

Lindsay McCoy

Lindsay McCoy is the news anchor for the WAKR Ray Horner Morning Show. It's Lindsay's second tour with the Rubber City Radio Group news department; she began her journalism career with RCRG early in her college studies while attending Kent State University, and moved to full-time status upon graduation from KSU's school of Journalism and Mass Communication. While at Kent State, Lindsay rebuilt the student media radio news department and served as it's news director. Her experience at KSU also included stints for TV2, Kent State's student television program. While at KSU, Lindsay was also honored as an RTDNA Mike Reynolds Scholar and was recognized by her peers to receive RTDNA's Rob Sunde Fellowship. Lindsay is a native of Stow. Contact Lindsay at 330-864-6397 or lmccoy@rcrg.net via email.

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