A service technician was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a dump truck in Tuscarawas County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Around 12:20 p.m., the 24-year-old service truck technician and a 28-year-old truck driver were pulled over on the side of U.S. 250 in New Philadelphia, working on a disabled commercial vehicle on the berm, OSHP said.

Both the technician and the driver were working on the left front tire of the vehicle when a dump truck traveling southbound on the road drifted over the white fog line and struck the 24-year-old technician, OSHP said.

The driver of the dump truck then fled the scene of the crash, OSHP said.

The 24-year-old was flown to Akron Summa Hospital, and the 28-year-old was treated on scene, OSHP said.

The dump truck and

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