All lanes open, 1 seriously injured in crash on I-70 west in Clark County

A rollover crash on Interstate 70 closed the westbound lanes in Clark County near the Enon exit on Sunday night, May 2. 2021. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF

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A rollover crash on Interstate 70 closed the westbound lanes in Clark County near the Enon exit on Sunday night, May 2. 2021. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF

All lanes are now open after a rollover crash on Interstate 70 in Clark County closed the westbound lanes of the highway on Sunday night.

The accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. on I-70 before the Enon exit near Ohio 4. By about 9:40 p.m., traffic was slowly getting through the area.

Roger Grout, 34, of New Carlisle, was ejected from his vehicle and taken to Soin Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

CareFlight was called initially, but an ambulance transported Grout to a hospital for treatment instead, officials said.

Grout was driving a 2004 GMC Envoy east on I-70 when he lost control and hit a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Benjamin Le Clerc, 30, of of East Millinocket, Maine.

Le Clerc swerved to avoid the Envoy and hit a 2015 Ford Edge driven by Sahajkumar Patel 35, of Columbus.

Grout drove off the left side of the highway, hitting the median and going into westbound lanes of I-70. The Envoy reportedly rolled over multiple times before coming to a stop on its side in the westbound lanes.

Grout was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the crash, according to OSHP, but further details were not released. He was not wearing a seat belt.

Le Clerc and Patel were not injured.

Troopers are continuing to investigate the crash. Alcohol may be a factor.

This marked the second time Sunday that a section of I-70 westbound was shut down in Clark County. The earlier crash happened in the construction zone near U.S. Route 68 and shut down the interstate for nearly three hours.