Second driver dies after Route 31 crash
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September 11, 2025

Second driver dies after Route 31 crash

By From JT Staff Reports 

A second driver in the Route 31 crash has died.

According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, officials received notification Thursday from the Franklin County Coroner’s Office that Sofia B. Collazos Ingunza, 23, a citizen of Peru, died at the OSU hospital. Although a cause of death was not lis...

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