WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Painesville woman was ejected from a pickup truck and died Sunday after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 71 in Medina County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said the crash happened about 11:42 a.m. near milepost 206 in Westfield Township, when a northbound 2016 Chrysler 200 sideswiped a 2011 Ford F-250 pickup truck towing a fifth-wheel trailer.

The impact caused the truck to lose control and overturn, detaching from the trailer before going over a bridge, down an embankment and landing on railroad tracks. The truck then caught fire.

The pickup’s passenger, Tracy A. Hodgkinson, 52, was ejected from the vehicle. She was flown to Akron City Hospital, where she later died from her injuries.

The driver, Benjamin A. Hodgkinson, 41, also of Paines

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