CLERMONT COUNTY — A man is dead after his car hit two trees in Ohio early Thursday.
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State troopers from the Batavia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) responded at 12:37 a.m. to initial reports of a one-vehicle crash in Clermont County, according to an OSHP spokesperson.
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A 2007 Mazda 3 was traveling northeast on Starling Road when it failed to negotiate a curve and went off the left side of the road, a preliminary investigation revealed.
The Mazda hit a tree, a traffic sign, and a second tree before finally stopping.
The driver, Shawn Spencer, 42, was the only one in the car and wore a seatbelt. Medics flew him to UC Medical Center, where he later died, the spokesperson said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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