Elkhart, IN : Two women from northeastern Ohio killed when car struck a guardrail and flipped several times on the Indiana Toll Road on Sunday, Nov 29, 2015

Police say two women from northeastern Ohio were killed when their car struck a guardrail and flipped several times on the Indiana Toll Road.

Indiana State Police suspect Linda Pohto, 59, of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, fell asleep when the car she was driving crashed about 10:30 p.m. Sunday near Elkhart.

A witness told police that the eastbound car had passed him at a high rate of speed just before hitting the guardrail about 10 miles east of South Bend.

Police say the crash also killed passenger Viola Pohto, 88, also of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The relationship between the two women wasn't immediately clear.

A 31-year-old passenger from Colorado was taken to a South Bend hospital with severe injuries but is expected to survive.

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Fairport Harbor women killed in Indiana Toll road crash