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SIDNEY — Deputies of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a one-vehicle milk tanker crash early Thursday morning that claimed the life of the driver.
John F. Payne, 55, of Tipp City, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was extricated from the vehicle.
Deputies report Payne was operating a westbound milk tanker about 3:20 a.m. in the 5000 block of State Route 705 when he drove off the right side of the road into a ditch and the vehicle overturned.
The victim was transported to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
Also responding to the scene were Ft. Loramie Rescue and the Ft. Loramie Fire Department.