Yellow Springs 15-year-old dies after being hit by car

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A teenager died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon while riding a bicycle in Greene County, according to the Xenia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Isaac E. Powers, 15, of Yellow Springs, was riding a bicycle around 5:10 p.m. west on the bike path near Ellis Park in Miami Twp. when she entered the pike path crosswalk across Polecat Road but “failed to yield” to oncoming traffic.

He was then struck by a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier headed north that was driven by 91-year-old Margie Baldwin of Springfield, according to the highway patrol.

Powers was pronounced dead at the scene.

Baldwin suffered minor injuries that were treated at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation, the highway patrol said.

Troopers were joined on scene by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, Yellow Springs Police Department, Miami Township Fire-Rescue, Greene County Coroner’s Office and Sandy’s Towing, according to the release.

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