Two Erie people were killed in two separate traffic accidents in the Erie area on July 16. At about 5pm Cheryl Sisk, 60, of Conneaut Township was killed when the minivan she was driving north on Interstate 79 in Summit Township left the roadway just north of Interstate 90 and hit a tree. Her passenger, Ryan Schmitt, of Conneaut Lake, was transported to Hamot Hospital.
Also, at about 9pm, a motorcyclist was killed and a passenger on the bike was injured when the motorcycle collided with a car at Fair Avenue and East Lake Road in northwestern Harborcreek Township. The driver of the car in that incident was not injured.