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A Claypool man is dead after a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon near CR 500E and Wooster Road.
Trevis Smith, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
At 5:45 p.m. Monday, police responded to the scene and found Smith’s 2007 Chevy partially in the roadway.
Police say Smith was driving west on Wooster Road and ran off the road and hit a fence post and gate.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Don Wiesehan said speed may have been a factor in the crash.
The accident is still under investigation by the Kosciusko County Fatal?Alcohol Crash Team.
The team was assisted by Pierceton Fire, Lutheran?EMS, Winona Lake Police Department and the KCSD.
