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Man dead in early New Year’s Day crash – UPDATED

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The Allen County Coroner has identified the man killed in a News Years Day traffic crash as 20-year-old Oscar Anthony Salgado of Fort Wayne. The cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries due to a traffic crash and the manner of his death was ruled an accident.

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One person is dead after driving their vehicle into a tree early this morning in Fort Wayne.

According to the FWPD, officers were called to the 1200 block of Kensington Blvd. at 2:31am after witnesses reported a crash between a pickup truck and a tree. When they arrived they found a man’s body sitting in the driver’s side of the vehicle, which had heavy front-end damage.

Police think he was speeding when the man’s vehicle left the southbound lane of road and hit the tree, but they’re not sure yet if alcohol also played a factor in the crash.

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