Dayton woman dies after pursuit, crash on I-70 in Clark County

A 19-year-old from Dayton died following a pursuit that ended in a crash early Thursday on Interstate 70 in Clark County.

Kylee Harrigan was driving a 2007 Honda Accord west at high speed on I-70 during a chase involving the Madison County Sheriff’s Office when she tried to exit to state Route 54 in Harmony Twp., according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Springfield Post, which is investigating the crash.

The Honda went off the right side of the off-ramp just after 12:40 a.m. and struck a parked 2022 Freightliner semitractor-trailer occupied by a 28-year-old California man, the patrol said.

Harrigan was freed from the car and flown to Miami Valley Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries around 3:35 a.m.

The truck driver was not injured.

The pursuit began when a Madison County deputy tried to pull over the Honda at approximately 12:38 a.m. after spotting the car headed west at high speed near state Route 56, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said.

Within about three minutes, the car Harrigan was driving struck the semi parked alongside the exit ramp.

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