Proctorville man victim of fatal crash

Published 10:29 am Wednesday, October 27, 2010

A 53-year-old Proctorville man was killed in a one-car accident Tuesday morning near the Greenup Dam exit on U.S. 52.

Thomas Pritt of 201 Township Road 1384 was westbound heading toward Portsmouth when the 2001 Honda Accord he was driving veered off the right side of the off ramp road, according to Sgt. Joseph Baisden of the Ohio State Highway Patrol Portsmouth Post.

The car struck a light pole, overturned, ejecting Pritt. He was pronounced dead at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Pritt was alone in the car. There was no evidence of alcohol involved in the crash.

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