XENIA — UPDATE @ 3 p.m.:
A Toledo man has been identified as the victim killed in a crash in Xenia early Friday morning, according to the Greene County Coroner’s Office.
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D’Aarron Milliner, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene after the crash on Bellbrook Avenue near U.S. 35 around 3:40 a.m.
Additional details were not available. We’ll update this story as we learn more.
FIRST REPORT
One driver was killed and another was injured after a head-on crash on Bellbrook Avenue in Xenia early Friday morning, according to police.
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The crash was reported on Bellbrook Avenue at the U.S. 35 ramp around 3:40 a.m. Friday.
The identity of the victim killed in the crash was not released, pending investigation and notification of family by the Greene County Coroner’s Office.
A preliminary investigation found the driver of one vehicle traveled left of center and crashed into a second vehicle head-on. The driver of the first vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver of the other vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The crash shut down Bellbrook Avenue and the U.S. 35 ramps for hours, but the crash was cleared and roadways reopened before 8 a.m.
Police are asking for witnesses to contact investigators at 937-376-7206 or the Xenia Police Tip Line at 937-347-1623.
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Friday’s early morning crash is at least the fifth fatal crash in the Miami Valley since Thursday afternoon, resulting in the deaths of at least six people.
A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Fairborn Thursday afternoon. A mother and child were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on I-70 in Preble County. Springfield police were called to investigate two fatal crashes Thursday night.
We’ll continue to update this story as new details become available.
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