One killed in crash on Morgans Fork Road in Pike County

Chillicothe Gazette
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BENTON TOWNSHIP — The Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Morgans Fork Road, near milepost 1, in Pike County.

The crash occurred at approximately 9:21 a.m. on Thursday, June 2. A 1993 Ford F-150 pick-up truck, operated by Robert D. Rogers, 62, of Peebles, traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. The driver and the two passengers, Jessie M. Milliga, 68, of Monroe, Michigan, and Timothy E. Lemaster, 58, of Waverly, Ohio were all transported to Adena Pike Hospital for their injuries, according to the patrol.

All three individuals were then transported by ground to Grant Medical Center in Columbus, where the female passenger, Jessie M. Milliga, 68, of Monroe Michigan succumbed to her injuries while enroute.

MedCare EMS, the Benton Township Fire Department, and Pebble Fire Department were on scene. Morgans Fork Road was not closed due to this crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

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