By Linda Hilson –

Tonight at approximately 8:23 p.m., State Police responded to the area of exit 26B on route 290 west for a motor vehicle accident.

State Police say that “Andrew St. Denis a 26-year-old Stow man, driving a 2009 Honda Accord, lost control of the vehicle on the ramp and drove into the infield of the ramp where he struck a tree. St. Denis was determined deceased at the scene.”

The cause of the accident, State Police says remains under investigation with assistance from members of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section.