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Crash kills South Webster, OH, woman

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A South Webster woman died after a car crash in Jackson County, Ohio, Thursday night.

Malena Easter, 27, was driving westbound on state Route 140 near state Route 93 in Jackson when her vehicle went off the left side of the road and hit a tree, according to a news release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

She had to be cut out of the vehicle and died later at Holzer Hospital, the news release states.

She was not wearing a seatbelt, according to troopers.

The accident remains under investigation.