Shawn Mitchell, 17, of Lebanon, died early Monday when he crashed a car into a tree on Hart Road in Turtlecreek Twp.
He was an incoming senior in the sports medicine program at the Warren County Career Center and a former Lebanon High School student, Lebanon Schools Superintendent Isaac Seevers wrote in an email to families.
Another 17-year-old, Marissa Portemont of Greenville, died Saturday evening after she reportedly did not yield at a stop sign on Hollansburg Sampson Road and was struck by a pickup truck at the Jaysville St. Johns Road intersection, according to the Darke County Sheriff’s Office.
Earlier Saturday, motorcyclist 67-year-old Terry Aikins of Harrison Twp. died in a crash on Ohio 232 in Monroe Twp. in Clermont County. Aikins was riding a 2017 Moto Guzzi V9 Roamer around 3:10 p.m. when he went off the road at a curve and struck a guardrail. He was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the patrol’s Batavia Post.
During the four-day reporting period, troopers made 19,980 traffic enforcement contacts. This included 399 impaired driving arrests, 233 drug arrests and 2,797 seat belt citations. Troopers also made 10,463 non-enforcement contacts, including providing assistance to 2,107 motorists, according to a statement from the patrol.
Motorists are encouraged, when it is safe to do so, to call #677 to report drug activity and dangerous or impaired driving on the roadways.
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