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Two-Vehicle Crash On I-71 In Pleasant Township Kills Two

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published July 31, 2017 at 5:27 AM EDT
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Franklin County Sheriff's deputies say two men in a semi were killed Sunday morning after clipping the back of an SUV entering I-71 north in Pleasant Township. Deputies say the semi's driver lost control and overturned after hitting the back of the SUV. 41-year-old James Ross and 22-year-old Skyler Davis were killed.  All five people in the SUV are hospitalized.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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