HUNTING VALLEY, Ohio

Car crash: SOM Center Road

Police charged a Beachwood man, 59, with reckless operation after he crashed his 2022 Toyota Tundra pickup into a Route 91 Flock Safety camera pole at 12:20 p.m. Oct. 21.

The driver escaped injury but damaged both the pole and his truck, although the Tundra was still considered functional after the crash, with no tow needed.

The driver had been heading north on SOM and just passed Old Kinsman Road when he drove off the right shoulder and struck the pole to which the village-leased camera was attached.

Flock Safety cameras automatically read and record the license plate numbers on passing cars to check for any warrants or as part of ongoing investigations.

The report did not contain an estimated speed for the truck at the time of the cr

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