TROOPER CRASH DEATH

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, AN OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER LOST HIS LIFE IN A THREE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT NEAR YOUNGSTOWN YESTERDAY (THURSDAY). 
TROOPER NICHOLAS P KEATON WAS KILLED AFTER HIS CRUISER WAS HIT WHILE HE WAS HELPING A SEMI TRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED IN MAHONING COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING ALONG STATE ROUTE 11 JUST SOUTH OF US 224 THAT IS NEAR YOUNGSTOWN. INVESTIGATORS SAY KAYTON WAS SITTING IN HIS MARKED CRUISER WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON WHEN A DUMP TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF HIS PATROL CAR, PUSHING IT INTO THE SEMI. AUTHORITIES SAY THE 40-YEAR-OLD TROOPER DIED AT THE SCENE. THE SEMI DRIVER WAS ALSO HIT AND FLOWN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.