Lorain County Metro Parks: 23-year-old killed after truck vaults off cliff near Mill Hollow A vehicle crashed through a guard rail, went over a cliff, and landed in the river below. (Source: Al Taylor) By Stephanie Czekalinski | March 14, 2021 at 5:18 PM EDT - Updated March 14 at 7:55 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A 23-year-old died Sunday after a 2020 F-150 he was driving crashed through a guard rail and plunged over a cliff near the intersection of North Ridge and Vermilion roads in Brownhelm Township.
Alec A. Koutsopoulos, of Vermilion, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
By Tom Moore
Mar 15, 2021
(Brownhelm Township) - A Vermilion man died late Sunday morning when his pickup truck went through a guardrail and over a cliff.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says troopers were called out about 11 a.m. Sunday to near the intersection of North Ridge and Vermilion Roads. Troopers found a badly damaged Ford F-150 on the bank of the Vermilion River. The driver, Alec A. Koutsopoulos, 23, of Vermilion, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The State Patrol says they got reports that the pickup was westbound on North Ridge Road, when it went through the intersection with Vermilion Road, hit a guardrail, went over it, and down the steep cliff.