Lorain/Elyria, OH
Second victim in last week’s fiery crash ID’d
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The Elyria post of the State Highway Patrol has released the name of the second man killed in a fiery crash just south of Grafton early on New Year’s Eve day.
Michael S. Geraci, 51, of Cleveland, was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by Donald E. Berg, 49, of Columbia Station. Berg also died.
The delay in identifying Geraci was due to the extent of his injuries, according to Lt. Travis Hughes. The patrol was aided significantly by the Lorain County coroner’s office in the identification process, according to a news release.
The crash remains under investigation.
The patrol said previously that Berg was traveling northbound on Route 57 in Grafton Township near Highland Drive, just south of Grafton, when it went left of center. The truck was struck by a southbound semi, and both burst into flames.
The driver of the semi, William T. Bennett, 35, of Louisville, Ohio, a driver for Frito-Lay, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Contact Rona Proudfoot at 329-7124 or rproudfoot@chroniclet.com.
Photographs of the vehicles, later in the day the day of the crash at Dunlap’s Towing:
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just looking at the pictures of the deadly crash last week involving a pickup truck with two passengers and a semi, do you honestly believe that their lives could have been saved wearing there seatbelts…i sure as heck dont think so, so why are the authorities even trying to figure this one out….waste of time, duh just look at the photos….
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I’m not saying they would have or wouldn’t have made a difference but I wonder if wearing them wouod have prevented the victims from slamming into the dashboard, thus allowing them to save themselves. The driver was pulled out before the car caught fire apparently.
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