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Owensburg Man Dies In Accident On State Road 58

Last updated on Friday, October 5, 2018

(GREENE CO.) - An Owensburg man died early Thursday morning in a traffic accident near Scotland.

Police say 33-year-old Travis Caswell of Owensburg was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to a Greene County Sheriff Department press release, Caswell was traveling west on State Road 58 in a 2015 Chevrolet pickup when he drove around a set of traffic barricades at State Road 58 and West Gate Road.

He continued into the construction zone and drove around the second set of barricades and crashed into a large excavator. The highway was closed for bridge construction.

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When rescue workers arrived Caswell had died from his injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

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