Article: Miami Valley crashes leave 2 dead, several people injured ; A Springfield man dies at the scene of a single-car accident south of U.S. 68; in Montgomery County, one man walks away from multivehicle pileup on Interstate 75.

Traffic accidents Thursday along Miami Valley roadways claimed two lives and left several other people injured.

In Champaign County, Michael Burks, 36, of Springfield, was killed in a single-car crash at 1:39 p.m., according to the Ohio Highway Patrol post in Marysville. About 20 minutes earlier, troopers responded to a crash on Ohio 4 that left one person dead and two seriously injured. Troopers did not release any further details.

Troopers did not rule out natural causes in the death of Burks, who was northbound on Springfield-Urbana Road south of U.S. 68 when his car went off the side of the road. A dispatcher said the car struck a fence, hit a culvert and then a utility pole wire ...

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