Painesville man dies in Mentor crash

MENTOR, Ohio (WOIO)— A 30-year-old Painesville man was killed in a head-on crash Monday afternoon.

Mentor Communications Officer Ante Logarusic said Ismael Rivera was northbound on Heisley Road around 4:50 p.m., when he went left of center and struck the driver of a Hyundai Sante Fe.

Rivera was pronounced dead at the scene.

His passenger, a 45-year-old Painesville woman, was transported to Hillcrest Hospital with serious injuries. Her name has not been released.

The driver of the Hyundai, a 41-year-old Mentor woman, was also seriously injured and transported to Hillcrest Hospital.

The accident remains under investigation.