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2 killed after wrong-way crash on I-271 northbound

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Pepper Pike police are investigating after two people died in a wrong-way crash on I-271 northbound.

According to police, the crash happened just after midnight near Chagrin Boulevard.

Police said a 2017 Toyota Tundra was driving southbound in the northbound lanes when the driver struck a 2024 GMC truck in the express lane.

Both drivers were transported to Hillcrest Hospital, where they later died.

The express lanes were shut down while crews investigated.