According to the local Fox affiliate, the motorcycle rider hit a vehicle that was stopped at the side of the road, and the rider has been pronounced dead. They're still waiting for further details. http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20110905/NEWS01/110905003/Interstate-70-closed-both-directions-after-2-crashes?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Frontpage ETNA TOWNSHIP — Interstate 70 is close in both directions after two separate crashes occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Monday. The first crash was reported at the 120-mile marker of I-70 westbound, east of Ohio 310, and involved a motorcyclist who was taken to a hospital, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. The second crash was on eastbound I-70 around the same area. Traffic will be routed from Ohio 158 onto U.S. 40 then onto Ohio 310, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.