Sara Abel lost her life Thursday night on a stretch of road most locals know well. The 38-year-old from Canton was driving west on U.S. Route 62 around 7:50 p.m. near milepost 24 when her 2018 Chevrolet Acadia veered off the pavement and into the grassy median.
The SUV hit a ditch first. Then it slammed into a culvert and an overhead traffic signpost. Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the impact left Abel with life-threatening injuries right away.
Canton Fire Department crews got to the scene fast and rushed her to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital. Doctors worked on her, but she did not make it. She died later that evening from the injuries she took in the crash.
By Friday morning, October 16, word of her death was out as investigators kept looking into what happened. The Highway Patrol noted that alcohol or drugs might have played a role. They have not locked that down yet. The full cause for why the vehicle left the road stays under review.
No one else was in the car. It was a single-vehicle wreck from start to finish. Stark County Sheriff’s Office helped on scene along with Canton Fire and a local towing crew that cleared the wreckage.
Abel was 38 years old. She lived in Canton. Friends and family now face the sudden hole her death leaves. The probe continues as troopers sort through the evidence from the median and the roadway.
This marks another fatal crash on Ohio roads this year. Officials will keep digging until they pin down the sequence that put Abel’s Acadia into that ditch and signpost.
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