Local man charged in fatal Ohio crash

Posted on February 28, 2018
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A Bloomington man, David Olsen, faces charges for a fatal crash last fall near Dayton, Ohio.
(Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)

By Howard Packowitz

DAYTON, OHIO – A Bloomington man is charged in the Dayton, Ohio area with vehicular homicide and other charges in a crash that killed a woman last fall.

Ohio media outlets report 30-year old Alysha Lewis, 30, of Dayton died last October when a pick-up truck collided with a motorcycle in which she was a passenger.

Court records from Montgomery County, Ohio show David Olsen, 25, of 2702 Vrooman Ct. in Bloomington has been indicted on nine counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide, operating a vehicle while impaired, and improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle.

No other details are available about the crash, which happened in the nearby community of Riverside, Ohio.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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