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Cyclist Dies in Mishap
Tuesday, March 20, 2012    
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69-year-old Jean Dalton died in the collision.

A bicyclist is dead after she collided with a van, Tuesday morning. Officials with the Highway Patrol say 69-year-old Jean Dalton, of Chillicothe, was riding her bicycle northeast along Lunbeck Road at 8:30am when she traveled past a stop sign and into the path of minivan that was southbound on State Route 104.

Dalton was pronounced dead at the scene by the Ross County Coroner.

The driver of the van, 76-year-old Clarence Leach, of Chillicothe, was not injured.



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The eyewitness says it looked the bike had been torn in-half by the impact of the crash.


The southbound lanes of State Route 104 were closed for three hours due to the crash.

The Ohio Highway Patrol led the investigation.