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Coroner identifies woman killed in head-on crash in Butler County

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HANOVER TWP., Ohio — The Butler County Coroner's Office has identified a woman killed in a crash that happened in Butler County Thursday morning.

The coroner's office identified her as 29-year-old Brooke Leann Schuler, of Oxford. Her cause of death is listed as multiple traumatic injuries, and the manner of death was ruled an accident, according to the report.

The sheriff's office said the crash happened around 6:52 a.m. Thursday morning on SR-177 in Hanover Township.

The preliminary investigation showed that a 29-year-old woman driving a 2011 Kia Soul was heading north on SR-177 when she traveled left of the center line and crashed into a 2011 Jeep Cherokee head-on, according to the sheriff's office.

The driver of the Jeep was able to transport himself to a local hospital for treatment, the sheriff said.

The 29-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the crash scene. Her identity has not yet been released.

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