Dexter L. Atkins was driving a red 2006 Cadillac Deville west on state Route 350 around 1:25 p.m. about a half-mile east of state Route 123 when he traveled off the right side of the roadway, over-corrected and went left of center and into the path of a white 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 driven by 68-year-old James L. Trammel of Oregonia, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lebanon Post.
Atkins was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Trammel was taken by ambulance to West Chester Hospital. His injuries are not life-threatening, troopers said.
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The Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Turtlecreek Twp. Fire/EMS and Warren County Coroner’s Office assisted at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation.
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