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Driver hospitalized after truck hits utility pole during rollover crash

Driver hospitalized after truck hits utility pole during rollover crash Stock photo of ambulance lights. (COX MEDIA GROUP/STOCK PHOTO/MattGush/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
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ARCANUM — A woman is recovering after her truck hit a utility pole during a rollover crash in Darke County.

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Deputies and medics responded at 12:49 p.m. on Wednesday to the 1700 block of State Route 49 on reports of a single-vehicle crash, according to a sheriff’s spokesperson.

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A preliminary investigation revealed that a 51-year-old woman was driving a 2019 Blue Chevrolet truck northbound on State Route 49.

She lost control of her truck and went off the left side of the road, hitting a utility pole.

The spokesperson said that the truck rolled onto its side and came to a rest in a ditch.

Medics transported the driver, Laura Stutz, 51, to Wayne Healthcare with suspected minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

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