DAYTON — A woman was killed after a crash on a busy Dayton street early Wednesday.
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Cathy Parson, 57, was identified on Thursday by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
Dayton Police and medics responded just after midnight on Jan. 7 to a reported crash at the 1200 block of S. Main Street, according to a Dayton Police crash report.
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A crash report narrative said that Parson was driving a Red Chevrolet Malibu on S. Main Street when it crossed the centerline “for an unknown reason” and went off the road.
The car hit part of a building on S. Main Street, some plants, and a fence before stopping in a parking lot.
A 911 caller also told dispatchers the driver was “slumped over.”
He added that the car hit the fence, a curve, and veered across three lanes.
Parson was taken from the scene to Miami Valley Hospital, where she died.
News Center 7 has contacted the Dayton Police Department for more information about the crash.
We will continue to follow this story.
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