Accident closes US 22

WHITE COTTAGE, Ohio – A one-car accident briefly closed US 22 on Sunday evening.

According to Sgt. Melanie Appleman with the Ohio State Highway Patrol at approximately 6:30 p.m. a black Jeep Liberty was traveling west on US 22 when it struck and killed a deer. Three passengers were in the vehicle at the time of the accident, two adults and one juvenile. The driver and the front passenger, both adults, were transported to Genesis with non-life threatening injuries. The juvenile was uninjured.

The road reopened for traffic after about an hour of being closed.