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Road rage incident leads to deadly crash on I-75

AUGLAIZE COUNTY — One person is dead after a road rage incident caused a crash on Interstate 75 on Tuesday.

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The crash was reported on northbound I-75 near milepost 114 in Auglaize County around 5:08 p.m.

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According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP), the crash happened after Bailey Luckett, 24 of Lima, stopped her Kia Soul in front of a Freightliner on the interstate, causing it to also stop. Luckett allegedly got out of her car and confronted the Freightliner’s driver, 50-year-old Jesus Perez, of Pennsylvania.

While this was going on, a Chrysler Pacifica ran into the Freightliner.

The driver of the Chrysler, 44-year-old David Shutt, of Lima, died from his injuries at the scene of the crash. OSHP noted he was not wearing a safety belt at the time of the crash.

When the crash happened, the Kia drove off from the scene but was later found and stopped by a state trooper.

Luckett and Perez were not injured in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

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