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Charges pending in fatal wreck

From staff reports

Charges are pending blood test results after a fatal car accident Friday in New Matamoras.

Ohio State Highway Patrol reported they expect to present a case against Jared Irvin, 24, of New Matamoras, directly to a December grand jury in Washington County Common Pleas Court.

“Alcohol was definitely a factor,” said Trooper Dustin Payne Tuesday. “Friday night at 8 p.m. the Newport ambulance was coming south bound on State Route 7 in New Matamoras when a north bound Jeep was rear-ended by a north bound Buick.”

Payne said the Jeep then rolled and the driver, Barbara S. Wilcox, 71, of New Matamoras, was killed.

“The driver at fault was Irvin in the Buick,” according to Payne. “(The Buick) then fishtailed into the ambulance, which had a patient in the back and another young person in the front.”

Payne said there were no serious injuries to those in the ambulance.

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