Summit Metro Crash Response Team (SMCRT)

10/04/2024

When you enter a vehicle, your first action should always be to . Remembering this simple action, could save your life in a crash.

09/26/2024

03/22/2023

Robert Shull, Jr., 69, was killed in the Feb. 19 accident.

02/05/2023

09/11/2022

On this evening, 21 years ago, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning. 343 firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift. 60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol. 8 paramedics went to sleep in preparation for the morning shift of saving lives. None of them saw past 10:00am on Sept 11, 2001. In one single moment, life may never be the same. As you live and enjoy the breaths you take tonight before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.

And please say a special prayer for those protecting your freedom, home and abroad, and those responders selflessly serving the public every day.

9/11. Never forget.

09/09/2022

Yesterday, SMCRT was fortunate to conduct training at Goodyear’s training and testing facility. We were able to empirically test methods we use in the field to investigate fatal and serious injury crashes within a controlled environment.

08/31/2022

*FROM STOW PD*

On 08/31/2022 @ 12:17 AM, Stow Police and Fire departments responded to a serious-injury crash on SR-59 (Kent Rd.) at Hiwood Ave..

A silver 2014 Chevy Camaro that was traveling westbound on SR-59 drove into a coned-off work zone and struck two road crew members who had been painting roadway markings at the intersection (a crosswalk and a stop bar).

Witnesses reported that after the crash the driver and a passenger from the involved vehicle fled the scene on foot. Emergency crews began providing first aid to the injured workers and Officers began investigating the crash and searching for the involved individuals.

The passenger from the vehicle was located a short time later. She was treated for minor injuries and would later be released with no charges. A K-9 track was initiated in an attempt to locate the driver. Officers and K-9 Diesel located the male a short time later hiding in the yard of a residence in the 3500 block of Kent Rd.

The driver, 22-year-old Cartier J. Smith-Johnson, was arrested without incident. He was found to be intoxicated and later provided a breath sample which indicated that his BAC was .086 hours after the crash. Smith-Johnson was booked and processed at Stow City Jail and was then held at Macedonia Jail. He was video arraigned at Stow Municipal Court at 10:00 AM.

The Summit Metro Crash Response Team responded to the scene and is assisting Stow PD with the investigation.

The injured workers, a 22-year-old male and a 51-year-old male, were both transported by Stow EMS to Akron City Hospital with critical injuries. Their identity is not being released at this time.

06/04/2022

Great job SEAL AIU!

01/20/2022

07/08/2021

This could have had a tragic ending

Today at approximately 1pm SPD officers responded to a one unit motor vehicle crash on SR14 in the area of Market Square Drive. The vehicle involved was a commercial semi tractor and trailer, that drove off the right side of the roadway and struck a utility pole. Officers on scene determined that the driver was under the influence of alcohol after he failed a series of sobriety tests. The driver provided a breath sample which showed him to have a .227BAC, the legal limit for commercial drivers in Ohio is .040BAC. Fortunately, the driver only received minor injuries as a result of the crash.