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A 44-year-old Ottawa man was killed early Wednesday in a near head-on crash about two miles east of Pomona in Franklin County, authorities said.

The crash occurred about 6:35 a.m. in the 1300 block of K-68 highway.

According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, a Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling west on K-68 highway when it drifted into the eastbound lane and collided nearly head-on with an eastbound Ford F-150 pickup truck.

Troy Lewis, the driver of the Jeep, was pronounced dead at the scene.