Middleport woman dies in crash

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ATHENS — A Middleport woman was killed Tuesday morning in an accident on U.S. 33 in Athens County with a commercial vehicle, the Ohio State Highway Patrol Athens Post said.
A 2024 Freightliner Cascadia tractor trailer operated by Wallace K. Thorne, 69, of Taylor, Mich., was traveling west on US-33 just west of the southern US -50 split when it traveled through the median and into the eastbound lanes, the Highway Patrol said.
The truck struck a 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier going east driven by Ariann J. Sizemore, 25, of Middleport, who was pronounced dead at the scene by the Athens County Coroner, the Highway Patrol said. The truck after impact went through a guardrail and over an embankment, the patrol said. Thorne was taken by EMS to OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital for treatment, the patrol said.
The crash remains under investigation, the patrol said.
Responding were the Highway Patrol, the coroner’s office and the Ohio Department of Transportation.