Man dead, woman critically injured in Valley View crash involving motorcycle, Amazon semi

VALLEY VIEW, Ohio (WOIO) - One person is dead, and another was critically injured and transported for treatment following a crash that closed the intersection of Canal and Granger roads in Valley View Friday night.

Valley View Police Chief Chris Bolton said the department’s dispatch center received a report at 9:07 p.m. of a crash involving an Amazon tractor-trailer and a motorcycle on Canal Road near the Amazon facility located at 5585 Canal Road.

When officers arrived at the scene, they reported finding a man and woman on the motorcycle.

Chief Bolton said the man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was critically injured and transported to MetroHealth Medical Center for treatment.

Investigators from the police department were on scene investigating the crash along with members of the Southwest Accident Group (S.W.A.G.).