Greene County man identified as victim of deadly crash in Clinton County Monday morning

WHIO Staff
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State troopers identified a Jamestown man as the victim of a deadly crash on state Route 73 in Clinton County Monday morning.

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Jeffrey Bruggeman, 37, of Jamestown was identified as the man killed in the crash, reported around 8:45 a.m. Monday on state Route 73 southeast of Wilmington, state troopers said in a media release issued Monday afternoon.

A preliminary investigation found Bruggeman was driving an SUV southeast on state Route 73 when his SUV crossed the centerline and crashed into a truck traveling the opposite direction. The crash sent both vehicles off the road and into a ditch.

Bruggeman was pronounced dead at the scene, state troopers said.

The driver of the truck, a 21-year-old man from Leesburg, Ohio was not injured in the crash.

Potential factors in the crash were not released and are still under investigation.

Additional details were not released. We’ll update this story as we learn more.