Man killed in Monday crash in Miami County identified

A 32-year-old Greenville man is dead and a woman was taken to the hospital following two-vehicle crash Monday in Newton Township in Miami County.

The man was identified as Jared D. Caldwell by the Miami County Sheriff’s Office and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Deputies responded to the area of state Route 718 and Stewart Road around 5:42 p.m. Monday.

Caldwell was driving a Ford Focus that went left of center and hit a minivan, according to the sheriff’s office.

The driver of the minivan, a 27-year-old Newtown Township woman, was taken to Upper Valley Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The woman’s 3-year-old son was also a passenger in the minivan.

The sheriff’s office’s Crash Reconstruction Team is continuing to investigate. We will continue to update this story as more information is available.

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