MIAMI COUNTY — UPDATE @ 11 a.m. (Sept. 20):
A Fairborn woman was identified as the victim of a deadly Miami County crash on U.S. 40 Friday afternoon, according to Miami County Sheriff Dave Duchak.
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Rhonda L. Friend, 47, was identified as the victim killed in the crash on U.S. 40 near Solar Drive in Bethel Twp. Friday just before 6 p.m., Duchak said in a media release Monday morning.
Duchak said a preliminary investigation found Friend was on Solar Drive and “failed to yield the right of way” to a car traveling west on U.S. 40.
The crash caused Friend’s car to overturn and came to rest in a ditch. Friend was ejected and pinned under her car after the crash, Lt. Chris Bobb of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office previously told News Center 7.
The driver of the other vehicle, who was not identified, was not injured in the crash, Duchak said in the media release.
The crash remains under investigation and additional details were not released.
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