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UPDATE: Southern Ohio man, 42, dies after I-70 crash in Preble County

PREBLE COUNTY — A 42-year-old man has died from his injuries after he rear-ended a semi truck on I-70 east Tuesday afternoon, state troopers said.

Aaron Donini, of Wheelersburg, Ohio was identified as state troopers as the victim of the crash.

Troopers said a separate rollover crash had occurred in the median of I-70 near U.S. 35 around 3 p.m. Tuesday and traffic was slowing at the crash site. Donini crashed the box truck he was driving into the back of a semi truck, investigators said.

Donini was trapped in the box truck and had to be pulled from the wreckage. He was flown to Kettering Medical Center, where troopers said he died from his injuries.

The semi driver and person involved in the initial rollover crash were not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

The highway was shut down for several hours while crews investigated the crash.


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