2 killed in wrong-way crash on busy interstate

CLEVELAND — Two people were killed in a wrong-way crash on a busy interstate early Monday morning.

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Investigators believe the crash happened after midnight on northbound Interstate 271 east of Cleveland, CBS affiliate WOIO-TV in Cleveland reports.

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A 2017 Toyota Tundra was traveling south in the northbound lanes and hit a 2024 GMC truck head-on, Pepper Pike police say.

Both drivers were taken to a Cleveland area hospital where they both died, the station reported.

The drivers have not yet been identified and the crash is still under investigation.

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