TURTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP — Two drivers are dead after a head-on crash Wednesday night.
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State troopers from the Lebanon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) responded at 9:30 p.m. to a crash on Eastbound State Route 63 near State Route 741 in Turtle Creek Township, according to an OSHP spokesperson.
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A preliminary investigation revealed a 2012 Mercedes S550 going eastbound on State Route 63 when it went left of center and hit a 2009 Kia Sedona head-on traveling westbound on SR-63, OSHP said.
State troopers identified Tyler Desparois, 19, as the Mercedes driver and Kelly Hitchcock as the Kia Sedona driver.
Both drivers died at the scene, OSHP stated.
State Route 63 is back open after being closed for four hours.
The crash remains under investigation.
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