TROTWOOD — UPDATE @ 12:53 p.m.:
The man who died after being hit on State Route 49 Friday morning has been identified as a missing 83-year-old man whom police had been looking for.
Dayton Police confirmed on social media Friday afternoon that Ernest Gray was the person killed in the crash near W. Third Street in Trotwood.
Gray had been the subject of an Endangered Missing Adult Alert that had been issued shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.
INITIAL REPORT:
At least one person is dead after a reported pedestrian crash in Trotwood early Friday morning.
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Around 4:49 a.m., crews were dispatched to State Route 49 and West Third Street on reports of someone who had been hit by a vehicle, according to a Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Sergeant.
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The Montgomery County Coroner’s office confirmed that they responded to reports of a pedestrian crash in that area.
State Route 49 Northbound was closed while crews investigated, but has since reopened.
News Center 7 is working to learn more and will update this story.
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