Wrong-Way Driver Led To A Deadly Crash On Route 8 Overnight In Cuyahoga Falls

A 22-year-old Akron man was killed in an apparent wrong-way crash Wednesday night on state Route 8 near Bailey Road in Cuyahoga Falls. The accident was reported in the southbound lanes at 11:25 p.m. and involved two cars and a tractor-trailer. Witnesses told Beacon Journal partner News 5 Cleveland that they spotted a white car heading in the wrong direction near the Broad Boulevard interchange. The driver of that car, they said, was killed in the crash. Cuyahoga Falls police identified Tyler M. Williams as the man killed in the crash. A news release did not specify how the accident occurred or which driver was responsible.