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Home damaged after car leaves roadway, strikes tree

Car into house Preble Co (Preble County Sheriff's Office)
(Preble County Sheriff's Office)

PREBLE COUNTY — A Preble County house was damaged after a car travelling on US 35 left the roadway and crashed, according to the Preble County Sheriff’s Office.

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The car, driven by a 77-year-old man from Eaton, was travelling on US 35 headed west when the vehicle left the roadway.

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The sheriff’s office says the vehicle struck the guardrail and rode it until it entered a yard.

Once in the yard, the car struck an antique plow which hit and damaged the house, the sheriff’s office says. The car continued until it struck a tree.

The sheriff’s office says the driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The Preble County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash.

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