EATON TWP. — No one was hurt when an SUV flipped an hit a telephone pole near the Grafton Correction Institution on state Route 83 in Eaton Township this morning, according to Eaton Township firefighters and the State Highway Patrol.

The one-car accident was on 83 south of the railroad tracks, according to dispatchers.

First responders reported that they arrived on scene at 7:34 a.m. to find the SUV had hit a telephone pole and come to rest on its roof.

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An Elyria girl and an Oberlin man hurt in an accident early yesterday morning are both still in MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

Erin Martin, 17, is in serious condition, and Rodney Cannon, 20, is in critical but stable condition, according to hospital representatives.

According to the Elyria post of the State Highway Patrol, they were in a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt traveling south on state Route 511 just south of Jones Road when they failed to negotiate a curve. The car went off the road and went airborne, striking traffic signs and utility poles and ejecting the pair. The patrol believe Martin was driving but is not 100 percent sure.

Robert Stanley said he was driving to work at Elyria Foundry about 2:30 a.m. when he noticed lights shining up into the trees and then noticed the car in the ditch and called 911.

He saw Martin lying facedown in a field and didn’t initially see Cannon, who was unresponsive in a ditch on the other side of the road.

“She just kept crying for me to help her,” Stanley said. “She was in pain, and she was freezing.”

Stanley said he had no idea how long she’d been there.

“I covered her up best I could,” he said. “I was trying to comfort her the best I could until somebody got there.”

About 10 minutes after he arrived, Stanley said a truck driver stopped as well. It was only when the truck driver went out to the road to flag down emergency vehicles that they noticed Cannon in the ditch.

“I had asked her if there was anyone else in the car,” Stanley said. She had said no and just kept screaming for help, Stanley said.

The two were taken to Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin and then LifeFlighted to MetroHealth.

According to the patrol, it does not appear either was wearing a seat belt, and it is unclear if alcohol or drugs were a factor. The crash remains under investigation.

“She was talking, and she didn’t sound drunk or anything, she just sounded like she was in pain,” Stanley said. “And there was no response out of him.”

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BRIGHTON TWP. — A 20-year-old Oberlin man and a 17-year-old Elyria girl are at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland following an accident overnight on state Route 511.

According to the Elyria post of the State Highway Patrol, they were in a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt traveling south on 511 just south of Jones Road about 2:45 a.m. when they failed to negotiate a curve. The car went off the road and went airborne, striking traffic signs and utility poles and ejecting the pair. It was unclear from a news release who was driving, and the patrol is not releasing their names yet.

The two were taken to Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin and then LifeFlighted to MetroHealth. There conditions were not immediately available.

According to the patrol, it does not appear either was wearing a seat belt, and it is unclear if alcohol or drugs were a factor. The crash remains under investigation.

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LORAIN — A Lorain man is dead and two other people are homeless after a fire overnight.

The Fire Department was called to 1513 W. 21st Street a little after 2 a.m., according to Assistant Chief Gary Burls.

They arrived at the scene to find a working house fire with heavy fire coming out the front door and two sides of the single-story house, Burls said.

The Fire Department had to make forced entry because there were iron security bars over the back doors, and they found Norman Fye, 65, on a couch in the home. He was turned over to LifeCare and is dead, although Burls said he didn’t know whether he was dead at the scene or died later.

Fye was the owner and occupant of the home, Burls said. Two other people who lived at the home are being assisted by the Red Cross.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by Fire Department investigators, the state fire marshal’s office and possibly a Lorain police detective, Burls said. Burls said Fye was a smoker, according to witness statements.

Burls said damage to the home, which is now uninhabitable, was estimated at $40,000 to the home and $15,000 to its contents.

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