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Mother, son killed in crash on Mother’s day

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COLUMBUS — An Ohio mother and her young son died in a crash on Mother’s Day.

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25-year-old Aisha Trawally of Columbus was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on I-70 in Claysville, Pennsylvania, about 45 minutes from the Ohio border, our news partners at WBNS-10 TV reported.

A 4-year-old boy, Abdul-Salami Touray, was in the backseat of the vehicle, according to a release from the Washington County Coroner obtained by WBNS-10 TV.

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Trawally and Touray were mother and son, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.

The vehicle crossed a median and collided with a semitruck, WBNS-10 TV reported.

Trawally was pronounced dead at the scene, and Touray was flown to UPMC Washington Hospital and pronounced dead.

The driver of the vehicle was flown to a Pittsburgh-area hospital, WBNS-10 TV reported.

The coroner’s report stated that Trawally was not weaing a seatbelt and Touray was not in a child seat.

The crash remains under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police.

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