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PD: Elderly driver dies, teen injured in crash near Turpin High School

Posted at 5:46 AM, Sep 15, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-15 05:46:00-04

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- An 89-year-old driver is dead after experiencing a medical emergency and crashing into a 17-year-old's car on Bartels Road in front of Turpin High School.

At about 9:05 p.m. Thursday, John Previty crossed the center line in his 2007 Honda Civic and struck the female teenager's 1999 Acura TL nearly head on, police said.

Previty was pronounced dead at Mercy Anderson Hospital. The teen was transported to Cincinnati Children's Hospital and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and any witnesses are asked to contact the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Traffic Safety Unit.