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Woman, 76, dies in crash

A Summit Township woman was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Route 422 at Keck Road. State police said Judith Fry, 76, died when her car was struck from behind by an SUV-style truck. Both vehicles were traveling east at the time of the crash.
Her vehicle was struck from behind

SUMMIT TWP — Judith Fry, 76, of Summit Township was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Route 422 at its intersection with Keck Road.

Butler County coroner William Young III said Saturday morning that the cause of death was likely blunt force trauma and that an autopsy would be done Saturday.

He also said that it appeared that Fry was not wearing her seat belt.

The accident occurred at 4:40 p.m.

State Police Cpl. Mike Miller said at the scene that authorities were piecing together what happened, but they believed that Fry was driving her 4-door sedan east on Route 422 and attempted to make a left turn onto Keck Road when her vehicle was struck from behind by an SUV-style truck.

Miller said Fry, who was alone in the car, was dead when emergency responders arrived.

The state police crash reconstruction team worked to piece together the sequence of events, which reduced the highway to one lane for a while.

Police said the driver of the second vehicle was not injured and was alone in the vehicle.

No other information was available about the second driver because a police report was not released by Saturday morning.

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