DAYTON, OH. (THECOUNT) — Willie Finklea III and Melvin Gipp, both of Dayton, Ohio, have been identified as the two victims killed in a crash on North James H. McGee Saturday night.
Finklea 19, and Gipp, 39, were involved in the violent crash that split a vehicle in half after striking a pole Saturday night at the intersection of North James H. McGee Boulevard and Philadelphia Drive.
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Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries, investigators from the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirmed Sunday.
An autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death of both men is scheduled for today, reports WHIO.
The crash is speed related, an official noted.
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