Coroner: 17, 19-year-old die in Clermont County crash

CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - A second person who died as a result of a single-vehicle crash on Friday in Clermont County has been identified.

The crash happened around 12:16 a.m. on July 7.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Haley Denton, of Owensville, was driving northwest on Old State Route 74 near Stoddard Lane when her car ran off the left side of the road, hitting a mailbox and a utility pole before overturning.

Denton was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clermont County Coroner’s Office, troopers say.

A passenger in the car, Isaiah Mudzwova, 17, was taken to UC Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on July 8, according to the Hamilton County Coroner.

Another passenger, Ian Vaske, 20, of Bedford, sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the crash and was taken to UCMC, troopers say.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Family and friends are invited to a visitation for Denton on July 13 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at E.C. Nurre Funeral Home on West Main St in Amelia. Interment will follow at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

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