Akron police and the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office are investigating the traffic death of a 70-year-old Uniontown man Tuesday evening.

It happened around 6:40 p.m. when Jim Youngson was driving his 1990 Chevy pick-up southbound on Coventry Street

He drove over a guardrail, traveled down an embankment and entered the southbound lanes of Interstate 77.

Youngson struck several other vehicles before hitting a concrete barrier.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for today.