A 40-year-old Cleveland man has been arrested after allegedly striking and killing a Cleveland firefighter with his car on I-90 east at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Saturday night.
The city identified the firefighter as Cleveland Division of Fire veteran Johnny Tetrick, who served in the department for over 27 years. The incident happened around 8:15 p.m. when Tetrick was assisting crews with a rollover crash when a car drove around the emergency vehicles and hit him. According to the Bratenahl Village Police Department, the driver did not stop and fled the scene at a high speed.
Cleveland EMS says Tetrick was alive during the transport to University Hospitals Cleveland medical Center, but passed away shortly after. As of Sunday morning at 8 a.m., Cleveland police confirmed to 3News that Bratenahl officers had arrested a suspect in connection to the hit-and-run.