The Cincinnati Enquirer
MONROE - Police are looking for a driver of a full-size van that hit two motorists who were changing a flat tire along Interstate 75 early Sunday morning, killing one and injuring the other.
Shortly before 1 a.m., near milepost 29, Alison Johnson, 25, and Antwan Stewart, 28, both of Pleasant Ridge, were outside their broken down vehicle when a dark-colored GMC van drove off the road and struck both of them.
They were taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where Johnson was pronounced dead.
Police are looking for the van with the right front chrome headlight assembly missing.
No link suspected in highway shooting
FRANKLIN - A highway shooting occurred early Sunday, but deputies say this one does not appear related to the sniper-style shootings near Columbus.
The Warren County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that occurred on southbound I-75 just south of the border with Montgomery County.Four Middletown men, all aged 20 or 21, were driving from Dayton to Middletown at 4:35 a.m. Sunday when a 1980s-model maroon Chevrolet Impala or Caprice with tinted windows pulled up beside them.
The men said they heard several gunshots.
The left side windows of their car were shattered.
The driver of the car that was shot at suffered minor injuries, but no one else was hurt.
Police investigate impersonator case
NORWOOD - Police here are investigating whether a man in an unmarked police-type vehicle who pulled over a woman late Saturday was impersonating a police officer.
A 26-year-old Middletown woman told police a white Ford Crown Victoria with flashing red and blue lights on the dash pulled her over near the intersection of Sherman Avenue and Walters Street just before midnight saying her car was being investigated for an auto theft.
The man, who wore a police uniform with a name badge that read "Cobble," took her registration back to his car, then about 5 minutes later returned it to her and told her she could go.
Norwood police said they were not aware of any undercover police cars working in the area.
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