PORTAGE COUNTY, OH. (THECOUNT) — Tyler E. Bragg, of Canton, Ohio, has been identified as the victim in a fatal vehicle crash involving a big-rig in Portage County Friday morning.
Bragg, 24, was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash near Interstate 76 in Palmyra.
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According to reports, Bragg was operating a Ford Focus on State Highway 225 near I-76, when his vehicle came into contact with an International semi-tractor, operated by 45-year-old John E.W. Murton, of Windham, around 6:45 a.m. Friday.
Bragg was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
Murton was not injured in the collision.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 161,419. Its county seat is Ravenna. The county was created in 1807 and organized in 1808 and is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers – Wikipedia.