UPDATE: Victims identified in fatal crash on US-42 in Warren County

WARREN COUNTY — One person is dead and another is in life-threatening condition after a crash on US-42 in Warren County.

Around 3 p.m. crews were called to North US-42 at Cedar Hill Road to reports of a crash involving a tractor and a semi-trailer.

Preliminary investigations showed the semi-truck hit the tractor in the rear and then drove off the side of the road, through the median, across the northbound lanes, and into a ditch.

The driver of the tractor, Estey Pringle, 63, of Waynesville, was thrown from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, according to a spokesperson with Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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The driver of the semi-trailer, Edward Williams, 68, of Middletown sustained life-threatening injuries and was flown to an area hospital by a medical helicopter.

The roadway remains closed in both directions, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Further details about the crash were not available.

We will update this story as we learn more.

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