WILMINGTON, Ohio — An 18-year-old woman is dead after a crash in Clinton County early Thursday morning, the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said.
US-68 was closed in both directions at Wilmington and I-71 for hours for the two-vehicle crash, police said.
It happened around 5:30 a.m.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said 18-year-old Timmi Mahanes, of New Vienna, was driving a 2006 GMC pick-up north on U.S. 68 when she traveled left of the center line and hit a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer head-on.
Mahanes was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, OSHP said. The driver of the semi was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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