UPDATE: Route 35 Accident Victim Identified
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Channel: Dayton 24/7 Now · 2012 · News & Politics
DAYTON -- The Montgomery County Coroner's office has identified the man killed in the Sunday crash on Route 35 in Dayton as Shawn Steven Graham, 33, of Riverside.The coroner ruled the death "accidental: multiple blunt force trauma."Earlier coverage:DAYTON -- One person was killed and three others were injured after an afternoon car crash on Route 35 Sunday afternoon.Police say a car traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed lost control and veered left striking the median. After hitting the median, the car launched through the air and landed in the middle of the westbound lanes on Route 35.The highway was closed in both directions from James H. McGee to Abbey Road for several hours while crews worked the scene.Witnesses say before the car hit the ground it hit an on-coming truck first."He said he had to look up to see the car, he was looking up at the air to see the car which according to him didn't even hit the ground it directly hit the pick-up truck and then hit the ground" said Sgt. Bill Keller, Dayton Police Department.Two adults and one child were in the pick-up truck. They were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The man who died while driving the car has not been identified.
