PIKETON, OH : A 7-year-old child was killed in a crash on Tuesday, 17th October 2023

A 7-year-old child was killed in a crash on Tuesday morning and the child’s mother was arrested at the crash scene, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

The Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the one-vehicle crash near the 300 block of Jasper Road, in Newton Township.

Chasity Bliss, 43, of Piketon, Ohio, was traveling eastbound on Jasper Road with her two daughters in the backseat, when she traveled off the roadway, ramping over a driveway, striking a utility pole and a tree.

The vehicle came to a rest in a field, troopers say.

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