ISRAEL TOWNSHIP — At press time, the Preble County Sheriff’s Office continued its investigation into a two-vehicle crash which occurred on Friday, May 10, at approximately 2 p.m. on Ohio 725 at Ohio 177 in Israel Township.

The crash claimed the life of a 64-year-old Kentucky resident.

The preliminary investigation found that a 2011 Ford Flex was traveling west on Ohio 725 when the driver failed to stop at a stop sign. The vehicle entered the intersection and struck a 1997 Dodge pick-up truck that was traveling north on Ohio 177. The pick-up truck then traveled off of the right side of the roadway and overturned, ejecting the driver. The driver, Roger D. Flannery, 64, of East Bernstadt, Kentucky, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in his vehicle was transported to McCullough Hyde Hospital in Oxford with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Ford Flex, Bridgett Harper, 29 of Brownsville, Indiana, was not injured. A front seat passenger in her vehicle was transported to Ft. Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton with non-life-threatening injuries. A child, who was secured in a child safety seat, was also not injured.

The intersection remained closed for several hours while deputies conducted their investigation.

Flannery was transported to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office where an autopsy was to be performed, according to a press release from Sheriff Mike Simpson.

Camden, Gasper Townshio and Oxford EMS units, Camden and College Corner Fire Departments, MedFlight, and ODOT crews responded to the scene.

The crash remained under investigation by the Preble County Sheriff’s Office and the Preble County Coroner’s Office at press time.

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