STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — Two men died and one teenage girl was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 11792 Alameda Dr. in Strongsville on Sunday morning, according to a news release from Strongsville Police Department.
On Sunday, 7-31-2022 at 6:15 am, officers of the Strongsville Police Department were dispatched to the intersection of Progress Dr. and Alameda Dr. for a motor vehicle crash involving one vehicle.
— Strongsville PD (@StrongsvillePD) August 1, 2022
Officers arrived at the intersection of Progress Drive and Alameda Drive around 6:15 a.m., where they located a black Toyota Camry with severe damage, according to the release.
Three occupants were found inside: Davion Flanagan, 19, Dominic Russo, 20, and a 17-year-old girl, the release stated.
Strongsville Fire and EMS arrived at the crash and extricated them from the vehicle.
The two men were pronounced dead at the scene, and the girl was life-flighted to Metro Health Medical Center.
"He was always the one who made us smile, he always had the biggest smile on his face," said Dominic's brother, Frank.
News 5 has learned that Dominic was the youngest of seven children.
On Monday evening, loved ones and classmates returned to the crash scene to grieve together.
"This is shocking, we’ve known Davion for about 14 years, they’ve been neighbors of ours," said Jim Harper. "We’ve watched him grow up from a kid to this big muscular football player, he was really like a third son to me so it was devastating."
Harper said that Davion has plans to open his own barbershop in the near future.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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