BOARDMAN - A driver has been charged in connection with a two-car crash that temporarily backed up traffic on a highway in Boardman Sunday afternoon.

Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSP) responded to a two-car crash at 4:47 p.m. on the southbound lane of I-680, just south of U.S. Route 224.

According to OSP, a Honda Civic traveling northbound lost control of the vehicle. The car drove left-of-center, over the median, across the southbound lane and into a guardrail. After striking the guardrail, the car moved back into the road and hit a Ford Escape.

The southbound lanes were backed up with traffic as crews cleared the scene. The lanes have since reopened.

A sergeant with OSP tells 21 News the driver of the Honda Civic, identified as Jessie Vega was charged with OVI, as well as an open

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