Double fatal shuts I-75

MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WUPW) - A fatal crash just before 3 p.m. Sunday took the lives of two people and brought traffic on Interstate 75 to a halt for several hours a few miles north of Bowling Green.

The wreck happened around 2:40 p.m. Sunday. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said the driver lost control and both occupants were ejected.

The vehicle continued to travel down the highway and landed in a field. Another vehicle was off the road in a bean field east of the northbound lanes. Emergency crews checked the vehicle but did not appear to find anyone, FOX Toledo media partner the Sentinel-Tribune reported.

The interstate in that area remained closed as of 6 p.m. Authorities are asking you to avoid traveling in that direction.

Southbound traffic was stopped about midway between the Sugar Ridge Road and Nims Road overpasses at approximately milepost 184. Northbound traffic was also eventually halted. The Ohio Highway Patrol was directing southbound traffic off I-75 onto Ohio 582 and then west to Ohio 25 and southbound through Bowling Green.

The crash remains under investigation.

FOX Toledo News at 10 will have updated information.

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The Sentinel-Tribune in Bowling Green , a FOX Toledo media partner, contributed to this report.