Harrison Twp. man killed in Trotwood crash ID’d

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A 54-year-old man Harrison Twp. man died Wednesday as a result of a one-car crash in Trotwood.

The crash victim was identified Monday as James Phillip King, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

Crews were dispatched around 12:25 p.m. to the 8200 block of West Third Street.

King was driving a 1994 Buick Roadmaster east on West Third Street when he “failed to maintain reasonable control of the vehicle and crossed the center line,” according to a crash report filed by the Trotwood Police Department.

The car went off the left side of the street, struck a fence and then struck a utility pole, the report stated.

King, who was the only occupant in the car, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

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