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Two men die over weekend in separate pickup truck crashes in Summit County

Jim Mackinnon
Akron Beacon Journal

Two men died in traffic incidents in Bath Township and Twinsburg over the weekend in Summit County.

In the first fatal incident, a 57-year-old Maple Heights man was killed after his pickup truck, towing a camper trailer, rolled over just before 1 p.m. Saturday on I-480 East in Twinsburg, the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office reported.

The man, identified as Lawrence Kraft Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:22 p.m. What caused Kraft's Dodge Dakota pickup to roll over near mile marker 34 was unknown, the medical examiner's office said. An autopsy is planned Monday.

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In the second incident, a 46-year-old man died early Sunday morning after his pickup truck went off an overpass on Interstate 77 South and and landed on West Bath Road in Bath Township, the medical examiner's office said. The crash happened at 1:45 a.m. and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man's name has not been released pending notification of next of kin and an autopsy that will be done Monday. The medical examiner's office said a witness reported seeing the man's 2019 Chevrolet Colorado pickup swerving on the highway before it ran off at the overpass.