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Otwell Man Dies After Pickup Hits Tree

Last updated on Friday, October 21, 2011

(DAVIESS COUNTY) - An Otwell man died when his pickup truck ran off the road and struck a tree.

According to the Daviess County Sheriff's Department, they received a call Wednesday at 8:50 a.m. of a man lying in a ditch along County Road 800 East on the Glendale State Fish and Wildlife property.

No accident was reported at the time of the call.

Sheriff's deputies found evidence that 46-year-old Aron Strange, of Otwell, was northbound on CR 800 East in his 1979 Ford pickup truck when he ran off the east side of the roadway, over corrected to the west side, where his truck overturned and struck a tree.

Strange was pronounced dead at the scene by Daviess County Coroner Stephen Cullen.

The crash is still under investigation.

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